Nadolo reveals 'apalling' abuse from Montpellier fans after shock loss
Nemani Nadolo has spoken of his frustration at a section of Montpellier fans who abused him and his teammates in the wake of their shock loss in the Top14 Final yesterday in the Stade de France.
Castres stunned Montpellier to claim a surprise 29-13 victory in Saturday’s engrossing Top 14 final in front a packed stadium.
Montpellier came into the meeting as strong favourites, having finished top of the table at the end of the regular season and Vern Cotter’s men were high on confidence following a resounding 40-14 semi-final win over Lyon.
Their opponents, by contrast, had only taken the sixth and final play-off berth, edging out Toulouse and Racing 92 en route to the decider in Paris.
However a section of Montpellier fans didn’t have much sympathy for the team they allegedly support.
Nadolo posted: “Gutted we couldn’t get the win for the people of Montpellier tonight. My second attempt at trying to win something and I’ve come short twice.
“In saying that the abuse we copped from our own @MHR_officiel supporters is appalling. It wasn’t our intention to lose tonight.”
Guttered we couldn’t get the win for the people of Montpellier tonight.. my 2nd attempt at trying to win something n iv come short twice. In saying that the abuse we copped from our own @MHR_officiel supporters is appalling. It wasn’t our intention to lose tonight.. #allezmhr
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) June 3, 2018
Nadolo says the abuse came from fans at the stadium.
“Walking pass a group of MHR supporters and they are telling me to piss off in French, real cool.”
Walking pass a group of MHR supporters and they are telling me to piss off in French.. real cool ??
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) June 3, 2018
Former Wallaby captain Matt Giteau suggested: “They are fans mate not supporters.. supporters SUPPORT the team through all.. bad luck on the game. Been there many times bro”.
They r fans mate not supporters.. supporters SUPPORT the team through all.. bad luck on the game. Been there many times bro
— Matt Giteau ?? (@giteau_rugby) June 3, 2018
This is not Nadolo’s first run in with French rugby fans.
In February he revealed that he was racially abused in front of family members while on a night out following a Top 14 match.
The 137kg wing was enjoying a meal in Montpellier with members of his family who had flown to France to visit him.
“I’m out in Montpellier with my family who came from overseas to c me,” Nadolo posted on Twitter. “supporter who is drunk said to me ‘not bad for a monkey to win the game for MHR in Clermont’. Now he was drunk but wow.”
Don’t no how to take it cause I don’t speak French.. I’m out in Montpellier with my family who came from overseas to c me. 1 supporter who is drunk said to me “ not bad for a monkey to win the game for MHR in Clermont”. Now he was drunk but wow . ? #really
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018
He went to say “the worst thing is they attack you when u out having a good time with your family!”
FUCK IM OVER RACISM.. the worst thing is they attack you when u out having a good time with your family!. ??. Only problem is they are gutless. I thank the lord for patience… FUCK!!
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018
Before ending on:
Just saying Racism in rugby is still the same.. you have people degrading peoples race, sex and religion.. I would no I just copped it 20 mins ago!!. #fuckRacissiom
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018
Thanks guys for the kind words.. RACISM in this world is something I’ve never been a fan of.. I can’t dwell on what’s happend. Sometimes it’s up to us to be the better people and walk away from it!. Have a pleasant weekend tweeps. #OneLove ??
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018
What’s more remarkable is that the colossal wing – known for his power and athleticism – was able to contain himself. Queried on it and Nadolo simply said ‘Never solve violence with violence’.
Never solve violence with violence ??
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018
Comments on RugbyPass
Ben Smith please write up something better than this. The Springboks would have won the world cup if you were 15 men on the field. They would have found a way, they always find a way to beat the All Blacks.
159 Go to commentsWow, there is a lot of “could have” and “ should have” in this waist of time dribble. I love the deportation in this story to search for a glimpse at a silver lining. Here are the facts, NZ was a badly coached and undisciplined shadow of their former glory. They never took the lead in a game they were never going to win.
159 Go to commentsGOTTA MAKE ‘THE GEORGE’ HAPPEN!!!! That’s a great idea! A trans Tasman midget battle on ANZAC Day. I don’t think the ABs Wallabies game should be a one off winner takes all though, just the first match with the other two later in the year with the RC. Reason being, no one will ever shut up about how aussies couldn’t win it when it was a 3 match series.
1 Go to comments@Ben smith. Thats knock out rugby. So honeslty who cares?
159 Go to commentsIt will interesting to know which Irish players said that…
1 Go to commentsNaaaww boys will be boys! Now run along ya wee scamp! Don’t let us catch you at again😏
1 Go to commentsGreat to have Ethan Blackadder back in the Crusaders in the last few weeks. One of the best all round loose forwards around. He played so well last week against the Rebels. Fantastic attitude Ethan has and his comments are spot on.
2 Go to commentsThe author is 100% right. The Springboks know that they don't have near the natural attraction, mana, skill and mystic the All Blacks have. So, Chasing the sun 1 & 2 was concocted to overblow the Boks image on the back of a corruptly obtained “win". It's marketing ploy to force the Boks delusion as the World's Best. I guess World Rugby is also not to be believed when it came out with an apology about how the final was officiated. And if the 2023 final such a superb game by the Boks, then the Boks crying about Referee Bryce Lawrence for decades is also deserves a laugh. Chase the sun and get burned like a moth. A very well written literary piece that tore the Boks and Chasing the sun farce to shreds. 🖤All Blacks🏉
159 Go to commentsI’d say France was far more hard done by in the 2011 final than the All Blacks in this game. Joubert simply refused to call a penalty against the All Blacks in the last quarter even directing an All Black to drop a ball he picked up in an offside position rather than penalizing him. This article also totally discounts the efforts of PSTD. Ask Jordie how well he played. Or the backup flank who played hooker for the entire game. Siya was also a brilliant tackle by Richie from scoring a blinder. Pollard was also fantastic. Look I don’t like the boks style but the only thing more questionable than the content of this article is the timing of it. Get over it already
159 Go to commentsDad Marty was also a handy rugby player for Linwood back in the day. Great bloke. Sensational softball career.
2 Go to commentsWhat ifs are always dangerous. If you look at the game before Sam cane got sent of SA was dominating. You could make the argument the going down to 14 men rallied the troops and made them have to play to win which is always dangerous.
159 Go to commentsOmg… you are bruised And battered Benny. Stop crying … the scoreboard speaks. What a pathetic lover you are.. 🤣🤣🤣
159 Go to commentsPacific Lions, cry me a river
159 Go to commentsThis is the single worst piece of journalism I have ever seen since your last one. As a neutral, who really states that there should be an asterisk next to a win? You are an utter embarrassment to real AB fans, journalism and that joke of a house which pays you for this nonsense. Get a life, Ben.
159 Go to commentsGuys. Cancel the World Cup champions after this analysis. It changes everything. Ben knows. We’ll have to unengrave the Bokke off the trophy and hand it to the ABs, now that I’ve been enlightened about this illegitimate win. This needs to be done. Now!
159 Go to commentsBen is right here though, Springboks were woefully poor with the advantage they had throughout this game. The France match was heroic because that was an even contest this match had it taken place in Rugby Championship would have been an easy win for NZ. If anything this match should tell the Bok coaches that a lot of this team should be changed. They beat this same NZ team by record margin with the same circumstances but with a different core. They bring back the tried and tested guys and they nearly botch this game.
159 Go to commentsI knew who wrote this article from the first few words in the headline…lol. The red card actually did the ABs a favour. It galvanized them, only then did they step up a gear. Before that there was zero momentum.
159 Go to commentsFirstly the foul on Bongi was a planned move just like the NZ master plan with Bryce Lawrence you kiwis are filthy fux perhaps try to play a cleaner game next time I doubt that’s possible tho but don’t worry world rugby is on yr side they trying to take away all the BOKS strengths to help all you weakling as Jeremy Clarkson would say LA OO ZA ERR..🤣
159 Go to commentsAbsolutely spot on Ben. I certainly wouldn't gloat over a win like that. Frustrating as it is it's done and dusted and history will forever show the result.
159 Go to commentsHo hum.
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