Quote: Grego "I sit a couple of rows behind the away dugout and didn't hear any racial abuse being thrown around. I was looking across to where lauaki was being led off and there was a lot of shouting for westerman to be sent off, as you would expect, so i wasn't really paying attention at what was going on around me. When i looked round i noticed Moa stood up in the dug out facing the fans, in particular one chap on the row behind me, and there were a few verbals going on between the two. Moa was extreemely angry and things escalated to the point where Moa was trying to get out of the dugout to confront the fan, shouting for him to come down there and he would f**k him over, etc etc. the fan was sort of half getting up but not actually going anywhere, which was quite funny in itself, all talk and no trousers. Anyway, one of the other players managed to lead him away down the tunnel and that was the end of that. I would stress that through all of the verbals i heard there was nothing racial in nature however i didn't hear or see what got Moa on his feet in the first place. I did ask a chap on the row in front what had kicked it all off and he said something along the lines of Moa taking offense to the shouting for westerman to be sent off and he was just being a soft booty. Most of the people around me seemed to be disgusted by the level of reaction and language that Moa was throwing around for no real reason and i am sure that this wouldn't have been the case if anyone had heard any racial abuse going on.'"
That was the exact way that I saw it, I sit right next to the away dug out, some girl who sits behind me who gives it to all the away players every game calling them scum etc was gobbing off a fair bit at Moa for his language and behaviour towards the fans, then shouting at one of the stewards for him to be kicked out as the steward approached her telling her to calm down. There were quite a few others who clearly objected to Moa's behaviour which was pretty appalling for a professional. All I heard were people calling for Westerman to be sent off. Infact, it was that girl who was screaming at stewards that said she'd heard something racist, then said she heard someone else say it was something racist... I started to doubt it was anything racist as as I said, nobody was ejected and no action was taken against anybody in the crowd. It was as all the fans were calling for the red card as Leuaki was leaving the pitch, and I'm certain that had anybody heard any racist remarks they would in no way have defended it.