New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAll parties have been spoken to this week \u2014 with an expectation Rankine, based on precedent, will receive a suspension that\u2019ll end his season \u2014 but the league, as of Wednesday morning, has yet to finalise a punishment.<\/p>\n
Asked about the situation on Wednesday, McRae told reporters: \u201cWe\u2019re process driven in terms of what we can control. There\u2019s a process in place that the AFL have got involved in that.<\/p>\n
‘As an industry we got to get better’ | 01:04<\/p>\n
\u201cI think as an industry we\u2019ve been slow to the party, but we just don\u2019t want to accept these behaviours in our workplace. I think no one wants that in their workplace \u2013 and the AFL industry is no different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if the Magpies player on the end of the slur was OK, McRae said: \u201cYeah I think so. We had a good chat over the weekend and then again over Monday morning to check back in. It\u2019s about making sure our players are safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut also I don\u2019t want to demonise Izak either. Everyone\u2019s allowed to make mistakes. The young lad seems like a really respectful young man and he\u2019s made an error.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe AFL will take their own course on that, but you\u2019re allowed to make mistakes too, so we respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ralphy reveals Crows’ Rankine submission | 04:18<\/p>\n
McRae wouldn\u2019t buy in to allegations Rankine\u2019s slur was sparked by a comment from Collingwood defender Dan Houston, whose bump on Rankine during a 2024 Showdown cost the ex-Power player a five-week ban.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to have \u2018he said, she said\u2019 stuff. The reality is we\u2019re all really comfortable with what we want our workplace to look like and these things step over the boundary line,\u201d McRae said.<\/p>\n
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