{"id":75685,"date":"2021-05-25T00:05:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=75685"},"modified":"2021-05-25T03:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T03:58:21","slug":"fulton-to-be-farewelled-with-full-state-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=75685","title":{"rendered":"Fulton to be farewelled with full state funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of rugby league Immortal <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/bob-fulton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Bob Fulton\">Bob Fulton<\/a> will be offered a state funeral after a backflip from the New South Wales state government.<\/p>\n<p>The government had initially planned a memorial service at the SCG, similar to that afforded to Tom Raudonikis after his death last month.<\/p>\n<p>However, after widespread public backlash, premier Gladys Berejiklian has backed down.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Given groundswell community support, I have overruled the official advice I received and make this offer in recognition of Mr Fulton&#x27;s remarkable contribution to rugby league,&quot; she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;On behalf of the people of NSW, I extend my condolences to Mr Fulton&#x27;s family and friends.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/rugby-league-immortal-bob-fulton-dead-at-73\/ce25cd06-c2a8-47f9-a5db-9e15ca604eec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Fulton died on Sunday at the age of 73.\">Fulton died on Sunday at the age of 73.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Fulton&#x27;s long-time colleague, 2GB broadcaster Ray Hadley, took aim at the state government after reports emerged that Fulton would be honoured with a memorial service, rather than a state funeral.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ff273db2-abcc-414a-a29b-4702bb9ec78d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ff273db2-abcc-414a-a29b-4702bb9ec78d\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Sports Minister, Dr Geoff Lee, is MIA,&quot; Hadley said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s about as useful as a sunroof on a submarine. You&#x27;re a disgrace and you should be ashamed of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If Bob Fulton can&#x27;t be afforded a state funeral &#8230; never in the history of this state will anyone connected with rugby league receive one.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>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>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The family of rugby league Immortal Bob Fulton will be offered a state funeral after a backflip from the New South Wales state government. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=75685\" title=\"Fulton to be farewelled with full state funeral\">[&#8230;]<\/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\/75685"}],"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=75685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75687,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75685\/revisions\/75687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}