The New South Wales Waratahs’ South African back-rower Jacques Potgieter has been fined more than $20,000 by the Australian Rugby Union for making homophobic omments during the side’s clash with the Brumbies.
He has apologised for what he says was an off-hand remark made during a heated encounter.
Dean Knight is a member of the International Gay Rugby organisation, and a lecturer in law at Victoria University.
“I think the experience of players and spectators is that sadly there are still incidents of slurs like this,” he told Morning Report.
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