Football Ferns look to future after damning report confirms bullying inside NZF

Players welcome a ‘productive future’ after New Zealand Football apology and acceptance ‘in full’ of recommendations

It started with 12 players making 13 complaints about the behaviour of one coach over two tours. It continued with 80 interviews and a three-month review into the conduct and culture inside New Zealand Football.

This week a damning 22-page report found allegations from the Football Ferns, NZ’s national women’s football team, that former coach and NZF technical director Andreas Heraf “bullied” and “harassed” players and staff during team tours in Spain and New Zealand this year to be largely substantiated, drawing an apology from NZF president, Deryck Shaw.

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