19 岁的圣基尔达球员 Lance Collard 因在 VFL 比赛中使用歧视同性恋的言论而被禁赛六场。 19-year-old St Kilda player Lance Collard receives a six-game ban for using homophobic slurs in a VFL game.

19 岁的圣基尔达球员兰斯·科拉德因在 VFL 比赛中使用歧视同性恋的言论而被禁赛六场。 19-year-old St Kilda player Lance Collard has been given a six-game ban for using homophobic slurs during a VFL game. 这是今年第三名因类似事件被禁赛的球员，这引发了人们对联盟处理同性恋辱骂行为的质疑。 This marks the third player to be suspended for similar incidents this year, raising questions about the league's handling of homophobic abuse. 尽管对使用同性恋语言的球员的处罚力度加大，AFL 主席安德鲁·狄龙 (Andrew Dillon) 坚称联盟不存在同性恋恐惧症问题。 AFL chief Andrew Dillon insists the league doesn't have a homophobia problem, despite increasing penalties for players using such language.