{"id":77206,"date":"2021-05-28T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T11:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=77206"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:03:21","slug":"demons-barred-from-wearing-indigenous-jumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=77206","title":{"rendered":"Demons barred from wearing Indigenous jumper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne has been forced to abandon its Indigenous jumper for their Round 11 clash against the Western Bulldogs<\/a> after it was bizarrely deemed a colour clash.<\/p>\n

As the Melbourne and Bulldogs players lined up prior to the blockbuster Friday night clash, fans noticed that the Demons were in their traditional red and blue strip.<\/p>\n

The club addressed the omission of its Indigenous jumper in a statement on social media during the first quarter of the match against the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

"We've noticed a bit of confusion around our jumpers tonight!" the statement read on Twitter.<\/p>\n

"Unfortunately, we're unable to wear our Indigenous guernsey this week, due to a jumper clash with the Western Bulldogs."<\/p>\n

\"Kysaiah<\/p>\n

According to AFL reporter Jon Ralph, the Demons were told by the AFL that their Indigenous jumper was a "significant" clash with the Bulldogs jumper, and were denied the ability to wear it despite an appeal this week.<\/p>\n

Ralph added that the decision to bar Melbourne from wearing their Indigenous jumper was "strange" given the clash between Essendon and Collingwood's ANZAC Day jumpers<\/a> earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

"They're not thrilled about it," Ralph said on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

"It's not appreciably worse than the ANZAC Day (jumper) clash between Essendon and Collingwood. It does seem a strange decision."<\/p>\n

\"Christian<\/p>\n

Melbourne will wear its Indigenous jumper during the AFL's second Sir Doug Nicholls round in Round 12 when they take on the Brisbane Lions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lions great Jonathan Brown admitted that the AFL's flexible fixturing this year was the main reason for jumpers clashing between teams.<\/p>\n

"I guess the problem is, because they don't announce the fixtures until a few weeks beforehand, the jumper designs are already done," Brown told Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

"This year is a unique year as the planning goes."<\/p>\n

Melbourne is currently scheduled to open Round 12 when they host the Brisbane Lions at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs.<\/p>\n

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