The Manly pride jersey player boycott took place in July 2022, after seven players for the Australian National Rugby League club Manly Warringah Sea Eagles announced they would refuse to participate in an upcoming match based upon the team's decision to wear LGBT pride themed jerseys in the 28 July match.
The club had decided to use the jersey as a means of supporting diversity and inclusivity in the NRL, but did not inform the players prior to unveiling it before the media.
"[8] Radio personality and former NRL "enforcer" Mark Geyer said that the players were hypocritical, because their club's sponsor Pointsbet promotes gambling, and that they were insulting former Sea Eagles great Ian Roberts, the only Australian professional rugby league player to come out as gay.
[11] Guy Rundle, writing for Crikey, argued that the reactions to the players included "implicit and explicit condescending racism".
Simon Brunsdon, writing for Nine's Wide World of Sports, notes that Manly "were destined to play finals, though, until the round 19 rainbow jersey fiasco, after which the club did not win an NRL game."