A top rugby official in Fiji was fired within days of being appointed after she spoke of “this gay problem” in women’s national teams.

Laijipa Naulivou resigned as director of rugby before her appointment was cancelled by the Fiji Rugby Union to reinforce a “commitment to upholding professional standards and safeguarding the integrity of Fiji Rugby.”

The FRU added on Wednesday it “categorically rejects any form of discrimination.”

Naulivou, the first captain of the Fiji women’s team, said in an interview published by the Fiji Sun “those who played with me know that I do not condone being gay for women in rugby.”

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    17 hours ago

    I was sorta thinking this and my wife was in to sports a bit and she is tall and she sorta hates the stereotype thing but admits that the population of lesbians on her teams was significantly higher than the school at large.