Tag Archives: Paddy Jackson

This morning.

Via Belfast Feminist Network

Many of us who opposed his return to Ulster in April 2018 continue to oppose his return to a team in the UK particularly one that represents the Irish community living in London. Irish women rose up in their thousands following the trial of Jackson and his team mates for rape.

While the courts did not convict him, the undisputed evidence of rank misogyny and the details of a sexual encounter that left a young woman weeping and bleeding on the back seat of a taxi shook the whole country.

We did not believe then that Jackson and his co-accused Olding should represent our community and our country in a sport that places considerable trust in its elite players as role models.

Belfast Feminist Network

From top: Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding

[Manchester club] Sale Sharks have agreed a cut-price deal to sign controversial Irish fly-half Paddy Jackson, Telegraph Sport can reveal. The Aviva Premiership club are also close to agreeing terms with centre Stuart Olding.

Jackson, 26, and Olding, 25, had their contracts terminated by Ulster last month, despite being acquitted of rape after a nine-week trial. The pair had been accused of raping the same woman at a party at Jackson’s home in June 2016.

Sharks, eh?

Exclusive: Sale Sharks hand Paddy Jackson route back into rugby, with Stuart Olding expected to follow (Telegraph)

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