{"id":119832,"date":"2025-09-05T03:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119832\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:22:06","slug":"isaac-quaynor-speaks-on-izak-rankines-homophobic-slur-says-it-didnt-affect-his-performance-adelaide-crows-vs-collingwood-magpies-qualifying-final-reactions-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119832\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Quaynor speaks on Izak Rankine\u2019s homophobic slur, says it didn\u2019t affect his performance, Adelaide Crows vs Collingwood Magpies qualifying final, reactions, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood defender Isaac Quaynor says the booing he received from Adelaide Oval patrons during Thursday night\u2019s four-goal qualifying final win<\/a> over the Crows didn\u2019t affect him.<\/p>\n

Magpies players were met with a hostile environment in South Australia, returning there only weeks after their Round 23 loss to the Crows.<\/a><\/p>\n

But it was boos sent specifically the way of Quaynor that crossed the line<\/a>, with the 25-year-old believed to have been the subject of a homophobic slur from Crows star Izak Rankine in their last match-up.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to reporters post-match, Quaynor opened up on what he described a tough timeline since Rankine\u2019s slur.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn patches definitely, it\u2019s just a not an ideal situation to be in for anyone,\u201d Quaynor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club did an incredible job dealing with it. All those leaders, \u2018Fly\u2019 (Craig McRae), Charlie Gardiner, they were absolutely incredible. I\u2019m very lucky to be at this club.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hybrid defender played one of his best games of the season, finishing with 16 disposals, six marks and six intercept possessions, as well as 381 metres gained.<\/p>\n

Craig ‘Disappointed’ with Quaynor boos | 07:19<\/p>\n

Evidently, the booing didn\u2019t affect his output in the slightest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is what it is. I\u2019m just out there playing a game, trying to do what I do. It\u2019s their choice to boo,\u201d Quaynor continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard it the first time, and then honestly from then on I get really fixated in the game and I honestly don\u2019t even notice it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always have an ear for the Collingwood chant, that\u2019s the thing I hear the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

The likes of Nick Daicos, Brayden Maynard, Dan Houston and Mason Cox were also booed throughout the match, however Quaynor\u2019s cold shoulder from the Adelaide Oval crowd sent a particularly poor message.<\/p>\n

Magpies coach Craig McRae spoke to the jeers in his post-game press conference<\/a>, labelling himself \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the away crowd\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

Rankine ‘dream’ now alive for Crows | 00:44<\/p>\n

Rankine, who is currently serving a four-game suspension for the slur, is ironically now eligible for a potential Grand Final appearance after last night\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

After leaving the country for a short period of time after the indiscretion, the livewire arrived back at Adelaide Airport on Tuesday night and issued what has been widely deemed a genuine apology.<\/a><\/p>\n

Late on Thursday morning, Nine\u2019s Chief Football Reporter Tom Morris posted<\/a> a statement from the club regarding the crowd\u2019s behaviour towards Quaynor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want members and footy fans to be barracking and passionate however, they should do so respectfully and any behaviour contrary to that is disappointing and not appropriate,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

ABC Sport\u2019s and Fox Footy commentator Corbin Middlemas spoke on the issue on Thursday night, sympathising with members from the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt for the members of the LGBT community that are Adelaide Crows fans. Imagine you\u2019ve got someone sitting besides you, jeering the guy who received a homophobic slur. That\u2019s his biggest crime … it\u2019s a shocking look for the game,\u201d Middlemas told ABC.<\/p>\n

Adelaide will play the loser of Saturday afternoon\u2019s elimination final between GWS and Hawthorn, while Collingwood will enjoy a weekend off before their preliminary final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood defender Isaac Quaynor says the booing he received from Adelaide Oval patrons during Thursday night\u2019s four-goal qualifying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[80719,9126,63,689,37346,84663,10133,10143,10128,32121,84665,2105,43,12413,84661,84660,14365,12149,61699,13126,64895,44,677,84664,7495,19095,668,84662,19093,1124,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-119832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-adelaide-airport","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brayden-maynard","tag-charlie-gardiner","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-dan-houston","tag-elimination-final","tag-four-goal-qualifying-final","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-headlines","tag-homophobic-slur","tag-ideal-situation","tag-incredible-job-dealing","tag-intercept-possessions","tag-jason-dunstall","tag-magpies-players","tag-mason-cox","tag-maya-thompson","tag-news","tag-oceania","tag-opening-finals-loss","tag-post-game-press-conference","tag-preliminary-final","tag-press-conference","tag-reporters-post-match","tag-sarah-jones","tag-south-australia","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}