Maurice Rioli Jr: Why a footy WAG is furious over man saying 'happy Australia Day' to her and her boyfriend on January 26
Maurice Rioli Jr: Why a footy WAG is furious over man saying 'happy Australia Day' to her and her boyfriend on January 26
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The girlfriend of Indigenous AFL star Maurice Rioli Junior has angrily blasted a 'racist' man she claims engaged in 'disgusting behaviour' by telling the couple 'happy Australia Day' on January 26. Courtney Lee and the Tigers player were on their way to the Australian Open when they passed the man and his friends on Swan Street in Richmond.
![[The couple (pictured together) were on their way to the tennis at Melbourne Park when a man said 'happy Australia Day' with a head nod and a 'cocky laugh' directed at Rioli]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/04/94623073-14336323-image-m-59_1738123208356.jpg)
'A group of people walked past us with one male saying the words "Happy Australia Day" as though it was a normal hello of good morning when walking past a stranger,' she wrote on social media. 'However saying this to an Indigenous Australian with direct eye contact, a head nod with a cocky laugh to follow, knowing what he had just done is not normal.
![[Rioli (pictured playing for the Tigers) was also subjected to disgraceful racist attacks on social media after a game in 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/04/94623063-14336323-image-a-60_1738123287300.jpg)
'It took me a moment to realise what just happened as I was on my phone trying to find our tennis tickets, however by this point the group and the man had walked further down Swan St. 'Shocked, it took everything for me not to turn around and say something. I'm ashamed I didn't react on the spot and call out this disgusting behaviour.
Courtney Lee has lashed out after she and boyfriend Maurice Rioli Jr (pictured together) were subjected to what she claims was a racist attack in Melbourne on Australia Day. The couple (pictured together) were on their way to the tennis at Melbourne Park when a man said 'happy Australia Day' with a head nod and a 'cocky laugh' directed at Rioli.
