The Parramatta Eels’ jerseys from next season onwards will feature a throwback to the club’s most successful era, but the return of James Hardie as a lead sponsor isn’t a move that has been celebrated by everyone.
The Parramatta Eels are being urged to reconsider its decision to accept a multi-year sponsorship deal from former asbestos manufacturer, James Hardie .Asbestos suffers have called the decision by the Eels “outrageous” despite the club saying it is “delighted to strengthen an iconic relationship”.
For decades, James Hardie was Australia’s largest producer of asbestos materials – a product that can cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, chronic lung condition, asbestosis.Stream every game of the 2024 NRL season live and ad free on the ABC listen app. The Grandstand Rugby League team brings you 100% Pure Footy.
“It hasn’t gone away – the legacy of their products. I fought this company for 10 long years to get compensation for victims. The former executive director of the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW, Tony Khoury, said “the Parramatta Eels should reconsider their position on this James Hardie sponsorship”.
For Parramatta “to want to relive those glory days now knowing what we know is a shameful decision”, he said.The ABC has contacted the NRL for comment. Donald Trump’s hush money trial jurors have finished their first day of deliberations without a verdict. What happens now?’I believe we’re on the edge of a revolution’: While the NZ government delivered its budget, protests were sweeping the nation