Krakouer backs racism allegation

A COLLINGWOOD teammate has backed Heritier Lumumba’s claim that he was nicknamed “Chimp” during his time at the AFL club.

Former small forward Andrew Krakouer said he heard Magpies players use the term in the gym, locker room and on the training track at the club’s Holden Centre headquarters on “multiple occasions”.

Krakouer said he wanted to confront the offenders but was talked out of it by defender Lumumba. Krakouer also alleged he was pressured into playing a game in May 2013 after club president Eddie McGuire directed his infamous King Kong comment at Sydney star Adam Goodes.

“I feel I suffered as a player due to a lack of cultural understanding by my employer and by some of my teammates,” Krakouer said.

Collingwood has not responded publicly to the claim Lumumba was called “Chimp”.