In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.
“I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I'm experiencing it; those same effects.”
“He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.”