{"id":28888,"date":"2021-01-31T09:49:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=28888"},"modified":"2021-01-31T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T12:58:17","slug":"aflw-stars-break-down-during-barclay-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=28888","title":{"rendered":"AFLW stars break down during Barclay tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

GWS Giants players have struggled to fight back tears during an emotional tribute to their late teammate Jacinda Barclay prior to the team's AFLW opener.<\/p>\n

Players from both GWS and Fremantle observed in a minute's silence in memory of Barclay, who tragically died in October last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the minute's silence, each Giants player had Barclay's old number, 34, on the back of their playing jerseys.<\/p>\n

Barclay's sudden death sent shockwaves through the Australian sporting world, with tributes even flowing in from the US where she played American football.<\/p>\n

"A beautiful tribute, heart wrenching scenes," AFLW commentator Ben Waterworth said during Fox Sports' coverage.<\/p>\n

\"GWS<\/p>\n

"Really hard to watch players like Erin McKinnon and Bec Beeson. It's been a tough pre-season for the Giants but Jacinda's passing just puts it all in perspective."<\/p>\n

"As a past teammate of Cinda's I was lucky enough to have a front-row seat to the impact she had on the entire Giants community," ex-AFLW player Alex Saundry added. <\/p>\n

"She was known for her strength, passion, charisma and loyalty and certainly knew how to get the group up an about. <\/p>\n

"Her loss has left a giant hole in the whole Giants community and I'm sure what the girls do today and continue to do off-field will truly make her and her family proud."<\/p>\n

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GWS Giants players have struggled to fight back tears during an emotional tribute to their late teammate Jacinda Barclay prior to the team's AFLW opener. […]<\/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\/28888"}],"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=28888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28890,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28888\/revisions\/28890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}