{"id":167652,"date":"2025-06-08T13:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167652\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T13:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:13:12","slug":"all-blacks-star-rieko-ioane-hits-out-at-fans-following-social-media-backlash-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167652\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks star Rieko Ioane hits out at &#8216;fans&#8217; following social media backlash : Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rieko Ioane\u2019s friends and family have been targeted in a series of posts online, according to the Blues star.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post shared on his social media story today, the 28-year-old has called for fans to keep his friends and family out of the comments.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial All Blacks star responded to comments that were left on his recent Instagram post, in which he shared pictures of his \u2018shhh\u2019 celebration during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/blues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blues<\/a>\u2018 Super Rugby play-off win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/category\/super-rugby\/chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He titled the post, \u2018Should\u2019ve killed me when you had the chance\u2019 \u2013 but it appears that some of the comments have gone too far for his liking.<\/p>\n<p>Ioane\u2019s message<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all the \u201cfans\u201d let\u2019s keep family and friends out of my comments \u2013 I know the game I play, but that is for me not them,\u201d said Ioane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201clive and die by the sword, all to create a spectacle of the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you really want to see what it\u2019s like to be a footy player, go to your local super rugby club and join in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAin\u2019t no other job in the world where family members get criticised for what you do on the field for 80mins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe better and pay that sky bill,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/springboks-confirm-evan-roos-call-up-as-rassie-erasmus-handed-suspected-injury-headache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springboks confirm Evan Roos call-up as Rassie Erasmus handed suspected injury headache<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans\u2019 reaction to the post<\/p>\n<p>The initial reaction to the post was fiery, with both sets of fans ready to put their point across. Many neutrals had their own humorous point to prove, however, with one asking: \u201cG did u even do anything the whole game?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other similar notes continued: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYou busier on the gram than you were on the field,\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen you do nothing but get an A on the group project\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDoes nothing all game, that\u2019s why he out here posting on the gram immediately afterwards\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One thing is for sure, though: he knows how to get a reaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/loose-pass-time-for-irish-fans-to-suck-it-up-over-wink-gate-while-leinsters-season-hangs-by-a-thread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loose Pass: Time for Irish fans to \u2018suck it up\u2019 over \u2018wink-gate\u2019 while Leinster\u2019s season \u2018hangs by a thread\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rieko Ioane\u2019s friends and family have been targeted in a series of posts online, according to the Blues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[13877,225,12,69036,4151,79,10264,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-167652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-rieko-ioane","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-super-rugby","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114647925098888965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}