A sports scientist with the Parramatta Eels rugby league club has made her Twitter profile private and deleted a post critical of Prime Minister Scott Morrison hours after she went viral for glaring at him during a post-match meet-up.
Tahleya Eggers was captured on video staring down Mr Morrison when he visited the Eels dressing room on Sunday after the team defeated the Cronulla Sharks 28 to 4.
A screenshot showing Ms Eggers standing behind the Prime Minister, who was sporting a Sharks jacket, with her arms crossed quickly went viral on social media.
“Proud to claim this one,” Ms Eggers wrote in a now-deleted post. “I will not respect a man who has the time to shake hands of men who have won a football match but is ‘too busy’ to attend the March for Justice.”
Tahleya Egger's now deleted Tweet. Source: Twitter
But shortly afterwards the tweet, referring to a national march earlier this month against sexual harassment and violence, was deleted and her profile was made private.
The Eels have been contacted for comment and there is no suggestion she was forced to take the post down.
On Sunday, the club posted a photo of Mr Morrison meeting with the team alongside the caption, “He’s ours now @Cronulla_Sharks”.
Mr Morrison has been criticised for his handling of numerous allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the government over the past few weeks.
Most recently, in the Chamber last week.
The person involved had apologised and she was satisfied with that outcome, she said.
It follows Liberal-Nationals MP.
Earlier this month, .
Mr Morrison opted not to attend the rally in Canberra despite invitations from the organisers, instead offering to meet them in his office, which they declined.
