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Crusaders apologise to journalist after Penney's expletive
By Ben Smith
Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge has apologised on behalf of the organisation to 1News reporter Thomas Mead after coach Rob Penney's offensive remark.
After a tense line of questioning around the Crusaders performances this season and the head coach's tenure with the team, Penney vented to a Crusaders' staffer while still mic'd up.
“He’s a disgrace that c...,” Penny said to Crusaders media manager Jack Fletcher, "Who is he?"
Fletcher replied: "I'll talk to you later" to which Penney replied, "I'll talk to you now."
In a statement issued by the Crusaders, Mansbridge issued a formal apology to the reporter while offering assurance that Penney had approached him already with sincere regret.
“The Crusaders held a media conference on Wednesday for the purpose of naming our team for the week and discussing the upcoming fixture against the Blues,’’ Mansbridge said.
“A line of questioning was undertaken from a reporter present concerning Rob Penney’s future as Crusaders head coach.
"After the media conference had concluded, a private comment to a colleague was inadvertently recorded on third-party microphones, and Rob has since apologised to me for what was said.
“On behalf of the Crusaders organisation, I apologise for the comments he made regarding the reporter. I spoke to the reporter today and he has accepted our apology.’’
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Earl has played well as a number 8. Not sure what you expect him to have won.
You didn’t use it seperately. You started talking about 6N win ratios in response to me saying that you can’t just select players on the basis of their individual win ratios, which I said in response to the point you made about Earl’s win ratios. Try to keep up!
“So you agree a players 2023 form may not be the best marker for selection this time.”
Not sure how you infer that from what I said. I do agree, but it’s unrelated to what I said about Smith.
Go to commentsTwo 40 year old coaches, two 50 year old coaches and two 60 year old coaches can all have vastly different levels of experience. That should be idiot-proof. If you still can’t understand how or why age and experience are NOT conflated, then that’s entirely on you.
You could perhaps google the term paradox?
I’ll give you a hint; the most successful manager in English soccer attained 90% of his trophy haul in an era that had unregulated spending…
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