Nestory Irankunda says Pauline Hanson’s Socceroos monocultural claim made ‘us boys angry’

Forward says One Nation leader’s comments made him ‘emotional’ Players upset ‘because there’s so many young blokes that look up to us’ Pauline Hanson’s claims that the national men’s football team represented a monocultural Australia angered many Socceroos during this year’s World Cup, Nestory Irankunda has said. The One Nation leader’s comments came a week after the team beat Turkey in their opening match of the group stage at the tournament in North America. Continue reading...

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