Video: Billy Moore in “coconut” Warriors backlash

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In a week in which race and racism has been under the spotlight in Australia with the Adam Goodes booing saga, Moore may have delivered the NRL it's own drama.

Now a pundit on popular Fox Sports show NRL 360, Moore said the NZ Warriors “play that coconut style, Polynesian sort of football…throwing it around.”

 

 

Pretty racist don't ya think? Was on NRL 360 just now veitchy

Posted by Jordan Barnfield on Thursday, 30 July 2015

 

There was an immediate uproar on Twitter about whether Moore had called Polynesian players “coconuts”

Moore did have his defenders, with plenty saying the comments were misinterpreted.

"Absolutely nothing in it! No intention of racism. Not even a story," said Stuart Hogg on the Veitchy on Sport Facebook page.

Others said Moore simply mis-spoke and that there was nothing untoward intended in what he said.

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