{"id":57049,"date":"2026-07-23T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/57049\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:06:07","slug":"collingwood-coach-baffled-by-adelaide-oval-booing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/57049\/","title":{"rendered":"Collingwood coach baffled by Adelaide Oval booing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood coach Craig McRae reckons it’s “fascinating” why the Adelaide Oval crowd booed Isaac Quaynor.<\/p>\n

And his Crows counterpart Matthew Nicks says it’s “not ideal” that the Magpie defender was again jeered by spectators.<\/p>\n

Quaynor was the target of a homophobic slur from Adelaide’s Izak Rankine in an August 16 game last year that resulted in a four-game ban for the star Crow.<\/p>\n

Yet the Magpie defender was booed by sections of the Adelaide Oval crowd during Collingwood’s 34-point win on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\"Rankine\"<\/p>\n

Adelaide’s Izak Rankine in action against the Pies for the first time since his homophobic slur ban. (Matt Turner\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

“It’s a fascinating narrative around why they would boo him,” McRae said after his side’s 16.12 (108) to 11.8 (74) triumph.<\/p>\n

“My understanding is he was a victim of a homophobic slur – and he’s getting booed for that.<\/p>\n

“It’s a fascinating world we live in.”<\/p>\n

McRae sought out Adelaide’s Rankine after the final siren.<\/p>\n

“I said: ‘Mate, we’ve got great respect for you’,” the coach said.<\/p>\n

\"McRae\"<\/p>\n

Collingwood coach Craig McRae sought out Crows ace Izak Rankine after the Adelaide Oval game. (James Ross\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

“People are allowed to make mistakes; they are, we’re all human. I’ve got great respect for him. He’s a sensational player.<\/p>\n

“And I don’t know him as a person, but the way he stood up… took it on the shoulders or whatever, however you want to put it, there’s something to be said about that.<\/p>\n

“That’s life, isn’t it: make a mistake, fix it, or get on with it and improve yourself.”<\/p>\n

McRae’s 10-year-old daughter Charlie was in the Adelaide Oval media room as the coach commented.<\/p>\n

“I teach her: we don’t boo, that’s all I can control,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Nicks\"<\/p>\n

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks, pictured during the Magpies game, says the booing isn’t ideal. (Matt Turner\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

“People pay their money and they do what they like when they come to a game.<\/p>\n

“I teach my children that we don’t boo. We show respect to all people.”<\/p>\n

Crows boss Nicks, on the eve of the match, called for supporters to be respectful in what was Rankine’s first game against the Magpies since his suspension.<\/p>\n

“I mentioned it during the week about why we play footy, why people come to the footy,” Nicks said post-match.<\/p>\n

“It’s about entertainment, it’s about enjoyment, passion. The game is a passionate game and sometimes we lose our way in that a little.<\/p>\n

“It’s not ideal, the way it played out tonight.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood coach Craig McRae reckons it’s “fascinating” why the Adelaide Oval crowd booed Isaac Quaynor. And his Crows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,12191,12381,13017,3009,5798,54061,539],"class_list":["post-57049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-adelaide-oval","tag-collingwood","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-crows","tag-homophobic-slur","tag-izak-rankine","tag-matthew-nicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}