Welcome to Country Booed at Australia Cup Final

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Melbourne Victory and South Melbourne fans have been slammed after the Welcome to Country was booed at the Australia Cup final.

What was a momentous occasion for South Melbourne in reaching their first cup final was overshadowed before a ball had been kicked.

That is because the Welcome to Country, performed by Uncle Colin Hunter Jr, was quickly interrupted.

Fans began expressing their discontent inside AAMI Park in Melbourne, with loud booing heard throughout, and only increasing once the ceremony was concluded.

The Australia national anthem followed and was belted out by fans of both clubs.

However, viewers watching on from home felt the booing of the Welcome to Country was inappropriate, and hit out at the fans in attendance.

“So very sad to hear so many Victorians booing the Welcome to Country,” wrote fan Kevin Perkins on X.

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Is it disrespectful to dislike being 'welcomed' to our own country? No, it's not! It's disrespectful to Australians to have to listen to it at all.

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