{"id":282211,"date":"2023-03-31T01:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T01:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=282211"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:01:01","slug":"indigenous-icon-moved-by-dogs-copied-gesture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=282211","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous icon moved by Dog's copied gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\ufeffndigenous AFL<\/a> icon Nicky Winmar has lauded Bulldogs<\/a> star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan for his nod to Winmar's iconic gesture after being racially abused.<\/p>\n

Ugle-Hagan booted five of his team's 10 goals in a win over Brisbane on Thursday night in what was his first match since being racially abused by a spectator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old re-created Winmar's iconic "I'm black and I'm proud" gesture<\/a> from 1993 after one of his goals, and the Saints legend said he was "proud" of the young Bulldog.<\/p>\n

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"It's up to the new generations to reinforce the stance I made back in 1993," he said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

"I'm still here, still involved with the issue, but it's been 30 years now, it's like a big relay race, time to pass on the baton.<\/p>\n

\"Jamarra<\/p>\n

"I spoke to Luke Beveridge today, to thank him for supporting Jamarra, and other Indigenous players at the Western Bulldogs. It's a great club, that I respect. I was welcomed and felt supported when I played for them in 1999.<\/p>\n

"Things are getting better, with increased awareness, and kids are getting educated in schools now about racism in sport and in society, which is great.<\/p>\n

"There's still a few who can't control their negative attitudes, all we can do is keep supporting each other, and keep calling it out.<\/p>\n

"I also want to congratulate Jamarra for his outstanding on-field performance … keep up the good work!"<\/p>\n

\"Nicky<\/p>\n

Ugle-Hagan said he hadn't pre-meditated the decision to emulate Winmar's gesture.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffObviously I knew it was coming up to 30 years (since Winmar's gesture) … but it just came in the moment," he said.<\/p>\n

"I didn't know I was going to kick a goal tonight, so the celebration just came with it. I felt pretty proud.<\/p>\n

"Obviously going out there with all my mates who have supported me through a tough week, to do that in front of everyone, hopefully it makes a stance in the moment.<\/p>\n

"Hopefully people look back on it 30 years from now and say from then nothing's happened since. Hopefully no one cops anything that I've been through."<\/p>\n

\"Nicky<\/p>\n

The former No.1 pick added that he would "100 per cent love to meet" Winmar.<\/p>\n

Ugle-Hagan's coach Luke Beveridge played with Winmar during Winmar's sole season at the Bulldogs in 1999 and said his star man's performance was a reminder of what Indigenous Australians have brought to football.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI'm still in contact with Nick and I love him to death," he said.<\/p>\n

"As much as we've come a fair way since those days (1993), we've still got a way to go. <\/p>\n

"He (Ugle-Hagan) made a statement by doing that gesture but he also made a significant statement with his performance. <\/p>\n

"It's a reminder of the influence that Indigenous Australians have had on our code and the significance of how they've driven the love and the passion of the game."<\/p>\n

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I\ufeffndigenous AFL icon Nicky Winmar has lauded Bulldogs star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan for his nod to Winmar's iconic gesture after being racially abused. Ugle-Hagan booted five […]<\/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\/282211"}],"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=282211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282213,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282211\/revisions\/282213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}