Rugby: Australia rule out taking a knee against All Blacks

SYDNEY: The Wallabies will not take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign ahead of next week's Rugby Championship game against New Zealand as they will be focused on honouring Australia's indigenous people, coach Dave Rennie said on Friday .

"The key thing is that this is about honouring our indigenous people and we want the focus to be on that. "Our focus is around the First Nations people and the indigenous jersey; we're not looking to make a political statement."Haylett-Petty's comments provoked plenty of debate, with 1991 World Cup-winning captain Nick Farr-Jones calling the idea of joining the protest"divisive".

Rennie added that the coaches had discussed the issue with the team's leadership group on Thursday when they assembled to prepare for the All Blacks test, which also doubles as the third match in their Bledisloe Cup series.The group then went to the players, who were"unanimous" in deciding not to take a knee.

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