Sharpe stunned by home crowd boos

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Sharpe stunned by home crowd boos

Nathan Sharpe said the Wallabies were stunned and angered to be booed off the field at half-time in their rugby Test against Wales at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

[Sagerian]

So it was booing I heard on the coverage, I refused to believe it.

[LarryNJ]

Looks like it may have worked. They played much better in the second half. Did the boos wake them up?

[inactive]

seems like it did but really wasnt a good game by either side

[Happy]

yeah it happens sometimes .. one would imagine it was more of a boo towards the rubbish pile that is the ARU right now rather than the players themselves!

[Jess]

It was disgusting... plain and simple (the booing i mean... not the play)

[PerthGirl]

A true rugby fan would never boo their own team, even if you felt like it!

[WF2006]

Jess - I gotta agree the booing was disgusting and inappropriate.

As a mutually exclusive concept however - so was the play in the first half. This was NOT an excuse for the boos though.

[hopep]

Too True PerthGirl

A true rugby fan would never boo their own team, even if you felt like it!

most ungentlemanly, of uncivilised, behaviour.
But we are talking about a game played in front of a Queensland crowd.
Gentlemen/women, polite, civilised - not in Queensland I'm afraid.

[Jess]

Yeah I don't get it... It was the first real thing the rugby followers in Queensland had to cheer about this year and they booed!

Force of habit I guess.

[chook]

They played lousy in the first half, not only should they get booed but they all needed a good, hard shove in the back as well. Bloody Wobblies.

[LarryNJ]

They played lousy in the first half, not only should they get booed but they all needed a good, hard shove in the back as well. Bloody Wobblies.

You need some sensitivity training Chook! I think TEF can give you a few lessons!

[chook]

I'm willing to suck at the teat of knowledge that is TEF.

[Darren]

But we are talking about a game played in front of a Queensland crowd.
Gentlemen/women, polite, civilised - not in Queensland I'm afraid.

When the QRU themselves ran a "Boo Wendell" campaign, they sent a big message out that booing was OK - it's only gonna get worse....

[Flamethrower]

They played lousy in the first half, not only should they get booed but they all needed a good, hard shove in the back as well. Bloody Wobblies.

Not enough Tah's in the squad for that to work Chook.I think you would need to wear poofta blue for that to lift the team

I can understand why they were booing, I just don't agree with it. If you don't like what was happening then don't make any noise at all. A silent stadium would have more effect and the players wouldn't feel it was an assult on them.