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Daily Mail
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Channel Nine star slams Aussie podcasters with a huge following after they posted a 'gross and misogynistic video' about the NRLW
Channel Nine identity Marlee Silva has slammed popular Aussie podcasters Jon-Bernard and Nick Kairouz after the brothers recently posted a video where they questioned the relevance of the NRLW competition. After first discussing the soon to be released rugby league video game by Big Ant Studios on July 26, attention soon turned to whether the code should also incorporate women's stars. And it quickly took a dark turn. 'Big question the WNRL (sic) going to be in the game,' Nick Kairouz asked. 'I feel like that would be a waste of money,' he continued. 'It's a waste of the budget,' Jon-Bernard Kairouz responded with. The Sydney based brothers then moved onto the player rankings the game will provide - before mocking Queensland Origin veteran Ali Brigginshaw plus Parramatta Eels forward Kennedy Cherrington. Steady criticism has followed from the likes of Channel 9's Silva, Fox League's Lara Pitt and NSW Blues women's star Abbi Church. The daughter of Roosters and Bulldogs legend Rod Silva wasn't finished yet, posting on her own Instagram page about the divisive clip which she labelled 'really gross and misogynistic' Silva was the most vocal, posting a response to the clip publicly to the Kairouz brothers on Instagram. 'Such a boring way to tell us you've run out of content ideas lads,' she said. 'Not an NRLW fan? All good. The girls will continue to flourish and positively impact our game regardless - just stop and think of the ways this rubbish impacts your young male audience.' The daughter of Roosters and Bulldogs legend Rod Silva wasn't finished yet, posting on her own Instagram page. 'That is a really gross and misogynistic video,' she began. 'I usually just let videos like this go, but I remembered that they reach so many young impressionable men and that's really dangerous. 'Being rewarded with lots of likes and follows for expressing your it very attractive to young people who want to do what you do....(who will then potentially) mimic the misogyny and develop the attitudes you have towards women, in everyday life.' They brothers also courted controversy online when they recently ridiculed NSW Blues star Isabelle Kelly for failing to ground the ball when attempting to score a try in a women's Origin game. Daily Mail Australia reached out to Jon-Bernard Kairouz for comment. The comedian first rose to prominence on social media during Sydney's Covid lockdowns when he accurately 'predicted' the daily case numbers. He became known as 'the TikTok numbers guy' after repeatedly revealing the NSW Covid tally hours before then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian in 2021.
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Cronulla Sharks NRL team apologises for two shocking words in job ad - as Channel Nine star Marlee Silva slams the club for its treatment of women's footy
The Cronulla Sharks have apologised for posting an ad for an important position with the club's women's team after Channel Nine star Marlee Silva slammed the inclusion of two controversial words. The Sharks listed a job for an assistant physiotherapist to work with their NRLW side - but it said the position was a 'volunteer position' despite the successful applicant needing a health degree and being required to attend multiple training sessions per week and work at games. Now the club have apologised for the ad, which has also drawn criticism from the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Sharks CEO Dino Mezzatesta said the job was always meant to be paid employment but it was tagged 'volunteer position' due to an error in the way it was posted to the website Sportspeople. 'We can put our hand up and apologise,' he told News Corp. 'I can understand why people are a little bit disappointed and are questioning it, and I sympathise with that, but we want to be clear, it's an honorarium role.' The job ad (pictured) listed the vacancy as a 'volunteer position' despite seeking a highly qualified health professional who would have to work long hours An honorarium is a token payment or honorary reward made to an employee who would otherwise be a volunteer. Silva - who covers the NRL for Nine - lashed out over the ad on Instagram. 'Lot of people upset at the moment because there has been this job advertised for an NRLW team that is for a physio, and it is listed as a volunteer position,' she said over a sound effect of people booing. 'Some people are really shocked by that - an allied health professional expected to work for nothing. 'This is not new. There are many instances within the NRLW where there are roles that are unpaid or underpaid and are not considered full-time from a pay scale, but the workload is certainly at the full-time end of the spectrum. 'I think this is why it's so important to listen to players when it comes to what they say about where the game is, what needs to be done next in terms of making sure there's gender equality.' Silva then said every NRLW employee should be paid full-time and at the same level as their counterparts in the men's game. The APA said the ad was a 'serious issue', with the body claiming the pay situation isn't fair in relation to the responsibilities the position holds. Brian Seeney, the physiotherapist behind the popular NRL Physio X account, posted a letter from the APA announcing the body's plans to write a letter to the Sharks protesting about the ad. He also wrote, 'NRLW players and the therapists deserve way better than this.' 'In the last 24 hours, several members have contacted us to express their disappointment at a job advertisement for a voluntary physiotherapist role with the NRLW Cronulla Sharks team,' the letter explains. 'This position comes with significant responsibilities and a substantial time commitment, and is not the type of position that we would expect to be a volunteer position.' The job advertisement includes responsibilities that require applicants to 'assist in planning and delivering suitable treatment, rehabilitation, strength and conditioning programmes for players recovering from injury.' Applicants must also provide regular reports of injured players and are requested to attend 'three to four training sessions per week as well as competition matches'. The APA also notes that the advert has been altered to include the honorarium but states that the body are preparing a letter to send to the Cronulla Sharks over the matter which they also referred to as a 'serious issue'. 'Physiotherapists play a vital role in sport and it's important that contribution is recognised through appropriate remuneration,' the APA added. A women's rugby league fan account, The Full Time Sirens, also published its opposition to the advertisement. 'With women's sport in Australia on the rise and participation across the board on the rise, we must be at a point where valuing and regarding the next generation of females in sport deserves more than basic volunteer roles, especially when you consider the work required and the magnitude of such roles?' they wrote.
