Nestory Irankunda says Pauline Hanson’s Socceroos monocultural claim made ‘us boys angry’

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Pauline Hanson’s claims that the national men’s football team represented a monocultural Australia angered many Socceroos during this year’s World Cup, Nestory Irankunda has said.

The One Nation leader’s comments came a week after the team beat Turkey in their opening match of the group stage at the tournament in North America.