{"id":925209,"date":"2026-10-12T08:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925209\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:36:16","slug":"football-australia-statement-hahn-australia-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925209\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Australia Statement: Hahn Australia Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes attributable to Football Australia CEO, Martin Kugeler:<\/p>\n<p>The Hahn Australia Cup Final was a historic occasion for Australian football, played in front of an outstanding stadium atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>However, the actions of individuals who jeered during the Welcome to Country ritual were not reflective of the respect and inclusivity that define our game. Football has a proud connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank Uncle Colin Hunter Junior Junior and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, on whose Country the final was played, for their generosity in welcoming everyone to Country.<\/p>\n<p>Football is a game for everyone, and we remain committed to ensuring our matches are welcoming and respectful occasions for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quotes attributable to Football Australia CEO, Martin Kugeler: The Hahn Australia Cup Final was a historic occasion for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,15111,952,7797,44,13833],"class_list":["post-925209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-cup","tag-featured","tag-football-australia-news","tag-news","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925209","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=925209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}