Women’s Day: the controversial message of the New Zealand Rugby Team

Controversial message from the New Zealand Rugby Team for Women's Day

Images of the ‘All Blacks’ message.

The ‘All Blacks’ have been the target of criticism for their congratulations on social networks.

“Forever grateful to all the women in our lives who have allowed us to play the sport we love. Partners, mothers, daughters, doctors, physiotherapists, referees, administrators and ‘fans'”was the message published this Tuesday, March 8, Women’s Day, on the Twitter account of the New Zealand Rugby Team, with a photo of some players with their wives, daughters and mothers.

The controversial message of the ‘All Blacks’

Hours after the tweet was made public, the criticism intensified. Everything, apparently, because the national team has its women’s modality and its players did not appear in the message. Some netizens also criticized that they did not think of showing a less ‘condescending’ image with women.

This Wednesday, the New Zealand Rugby Federation posted on its Twitter account that it apologized for “not focusing well” on the message, although the tweet continues on the ‘All Blacks’ account.

New Zealand Rugby and #IWD2022:

NZR and our Teams in Black celebrated International Women’s Day across all of our digital channels and our attempt was to portray the many roles women have in our game. (1/2)

— New Zealand Rugby (@NZRugby) March 9, 2022