Wallam was upset over comments made by company founder Lang Hancock in 1984.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Pakistan upset in last-ball thriller at World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Qatar responds to Socceroos' World Cup protest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Kangaroos stars separated after heated exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Hancock suggested that the water should be "doped" so the troubled communities would be "sterile and would breed themselves out in future and that would solve the problem."<\/p>\n Wallam was brought to tears after the match<\/a>, describing it as the toughest week of her life.\ufeff The furore caused Hancock Prospecting to pull out of the sponsorship deal with the cash-strapped Netball Australia.<\/p>\n As Australia's players celebrated Wallam's match-winner, Russell delivered a line that caused controversy, with angry netball fans venting on social media. The comment that caused anger was: "In the eyes of some, she's cost Australian netball millions."<\/p>\n The following is Russell's call of Wallam's big moment.\ufeff<\/p>\n "Could you have written that if you'd tried," Russell said.<\/p>\n "Donnell Wallam on debut. Cheered on by a sold out crowd.<\/p>\n "In the eyes of some, she's cost Australian netball millions. In the eyes of others, she's just won them a test."<\/p>\n Russell late on Thursday night posted to social media, apologising for the distraction.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattRussellFOX\/status\/1585589615339020288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n "Spent the day marvelling at @DonnellWallam's strength and resilience," he wrote.<\/p>\n "To call her moment, in an instant, I wanted to neutrally portray what 'SOME SAY' about her. And how, despite all that, she emerged spectacularly triumphant on debut, despite it all.<\/p>\n "Sorry to those who have been distracted from Donnell's success and the Diamonds' win. It was humbling\/heartening to speak\/message with indigenous leaders\/Donnell today.<\/p>\n "I look forward to calling the Aussie men on Sunday in Sydney and women next Thursday in Brisbane. It's been a privilege."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Commentator Matt Russell has apologised for a line he used immediately after indigenous netball star Donnell Wallam's match winning goal against England. Wallam scored the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247098,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247096\/revisions\/247098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n