Sam Casey will no longer work at newly established sports radio station Senz, in the wake of controversy about his opinion column published in Rugby News last week. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Female rugby players are getting paid “hush money”, Sam Casey wrote in a column that has been described as “sexist”. Casey’s column, titled Hands out, not up, stated that women rugby players didn’t deserve financial investment. “My viewpoint on where New Zealand Rugby is putting their investment still stands, for sure.”He told Stuff men’s rugby was a “necessity” and women’s rugby was a “luxury”. “There ... has been a business case for women’s rugby for a long time,” she said.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2021 00:20 UTC