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Isaac Quaynor (right) and Jordan De Goey on Thursday night.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n
The booing has marred what\u2019s been an enthralling clash between two finals-bound sides \u2013 and a game that saw Adelaide spearhead Taylor Walker boot his 700th AFL goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeriously, if you\u2019re booing Isaac Quaynor for being on the RECEIVING end of a homophobic slur nearly a year ago, you\u2019re a POS [piece of shit] and you\u2019re totally embarrassing your own club. Nice work,\u201d Rohan Connolly, a former long-time footy journalist at The Age, wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Bailey Irrgang, a co-host of the podcast AFL Fantasy Fantics, wrote on X: \u201cPathetic from Crows fans booing Quaynor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Newly appointed Tasmania Devils coach Ken Hinkley said on SEN\u2019s AFL Nation: \u201cThey\u2019ll have sore voices by the end of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fox Footy host Sarah Jones labelled the behaviour \u201cpretty ordinary\u201d, as Brisbane legend and former Carlton coach Michael Voss was left scratching his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you even trying to go down that path?\u201d Voss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re trying to achieve. Just move on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rankine\u2019s 2025 season ended in round 23, cut short by a four-game suspension.<\/p>\n
Quaynor returned to Adelaide Oval for a qualifying final against the Crows and was met by a barrage of boos on that occasion.<\/p>\n
The booing on Thursday night flew in the face of comments made by Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks on match eve.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to the footy to support the footy. We\u2019ll do what we can to entertain and put on a show \u2013 that\u2019s what it\u2019s about,\u201d Nicks said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ask our supporters to just enjoy that and get involved with that part of it and then be respectful, like we ask of all our players \u2013 be respectful.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it is a contest and there\u2019s a lot of emotion that comes with sport. [It\u2019s] just the ability to control that. But we want our supporters to be loud, which they are every week.\u201d<\/p>\n
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