Isaac Quaynor Adelaide booing: What Craig McRae and Matthew Nicks had to say about Izak Rankine-linked saga

Kieran Francis

Isaac Quaynor Adelaide booing: What Craig McRae and Matthew Nicks had to say about Izak Rankine-linked saga image

Collingwood coach Craig McRae has labelled booing from Adelaide fans toward Isaac Quaynor and Dan Houston as 'disappointing'.

Quaynor was subject to loud derision from the Crows fans throughout the match at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night - a fact that Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks chose not to comment on.

The Collingwood defender was involved in several on-field skirmishes with Adelaide livewire Izak Rankine in their previous match, with the Crows star suspended for four games after that contest for making a homophobic slur.

Rankine, who has now served two of his four-game ban, could return for the grand final if the Crows make it from this position.

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The Sporting News has listed the quotes from both coaches and Quaynor when asked about the booing post-match.

Craig McRae

“It is disappointing,” McRae said in his post-match press conference.

“Not just Isaac, but Dan (Houston). There’s always stories behind things. I’m just not a booer.

“I said this years ago … I just get disappointed with that. I just find that really disappointing.”

Matthew Nicks

“It’s not one for me to comment on,” Nicks said on two occasions post-match.

Isaac Quaynor

“I did hear a little bit of it, but to be honest, I get so locked in to games that I don’t pay much mind to anything else other than what’s on the field,” Quaynor said on AFL Nation.

“To be honest, what I paid mind to was the Collingwood fans with the Collingwood chant, and the incredible noise they were making.”

Kieran Francis

Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.