{"id":522131,"date":"2026-03-06T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522131\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:36:09","slug":"collingullie-wagga-demons-aussie-rules-official-steps-down-over-sexist-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522131\/","title":{"rendered":"Collingullie Wagga Demons Aussie Rules official steps down over sexist comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

An official from a southern New South Wales Australian Rules football club has stepped down after being caught saying a female player should lose weight, and describing women as “breeders”.<\/p>\n

The commentary was captured on a video of the Collingullie Wagga Demons women’s team playing a match.<\/p>\n

“She could be a good player if she lost a bit of weight. She just can’t [expletive] move,” the official can be heard saying.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a real issue in our society overall, the body shape of women … they’re our breeders, mate … because of the food they’re eating, even the young girls, the shape’s all wrong.<\/p>\n

“You think about when we were growing up … the body shapes of girls … you hardly saw any fat girls. It was rare.”<\/p>\n

Club working with league to ‘address situation’<\/p>\n

The video was posted on social media and prompted a statement from the combined football and netball club, which has refused to name the man.<\/p>\n

It said the behaviour was unacceptable and did not reflect its standards, values or culture.<\/p>\n

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“We take this matter extremely seriously and are currently working closely with the AFL [Australian Football League] to address the situation,” a statement said.<\/p>\n

“The individual involved has been spoken to and has stepped down from all club activities effective immediately. They have acknowledged their actions and issued an apology to the club.<\/p>\n

“We are committed to maintaining a respectful and positive environment for our players, members, supporters, and the wider community.”<\/p>\n

The ABC understands the club could face action for breaching the AFL Coaches’ Code of Conduct, which states individuals will be respected and not discriminated against.<\/p>\n

Values not reflected in video<\/p>\n

AFL Riverina chairman Michael Irons said in a statement that the language and commentary in the video did “not align with our commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for participants”.<\/p>\n

“AFL Riverina will continue to investigate the matter and work closely with the club and the AFL as we address this matter, [and] remain committed to the continued growth and commitment of women’s football and creating opportunities for women and girls across our region,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The language expressed in the videos does not reflect these values and the standards we expect within our football community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An official from a southern New South Wales Australian Rules football club has stepped down after being caught…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,260365,64,260366,63,55,639,81033,260364,222893,260367,85,46069],"class_list":["post-522131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-afl-riverina","tag-au","tag-aussie-tules","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-breeders","tag-collingullie-wagga-demons-football-netball-club","tag-sexism-in-sport","tag-sexist-comments","tag-sports","tag-womens-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522131","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=522131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}