Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes says he will continue to taunt Kangaroos fans on social media, despite the firestorm surrounding Jason Horne-Francis, in a move described as "juvenile" by Roos great David King.
Cornes and King went head-to-head on SEN radio on Friday morning following a week where King was called out by Port coach Ken Hinkley for his commentary on Horne-Francis, who has been roundly booed by opposition fans this season.
King, who won two premierships with the Kangaroos, called on Cornes to cease throwing barbs at downtrodden North fans when the following exchange took place.
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King: "Are you ever going to use hashtag ice bath again?"
Cornes: "Why wouldn't I?"
King: "Because you've seen what's happened."
Cornes: "So North Melbourne fans are that weak-minded that I get under their skin?"
King: "I'm just asking you - are you going to troll them again?"
Cornes: "If you think hashtag icebath is trolling and Cam Zurhaar is not, then that shows your bias."
King: "That's disappointing. That's not going help Jason."
Cornes: "Are you critical of Zurhaar for mocking him twice?"
King: "I didn't think it was classy. If you use hashtag icebath again, I think that's the most juvenile thing I've ever heard you do."
Cornes: "Well I'm telling you I will. If I live rent-free in their heads like that, then I just find it amusing."
King: "It doesn't help Jason. That is all I'm saying. It doesn't help your boy."
The exchange came after King urged Cornes to take responsibility in his role in the Horne-Francis furore.
"You have to put your hand up for a percentage of the responsibility here," he said.
"This started when you engaged in trolling the Kangaroo fans with the icebath discussion which you know is a nonsense discussion to put the onus back on the North Melbourne footy club, who were poor last year. The people that were poor last year have been sacked.
"When you troll the Kangaroo fans and engage in a discussion that's hashtag icebath, every time you write hashtag icebath you know that's a little needle in the side of those trollers on Twitter and it's lit a fuse that they couldn't answer.
"They couldn't answer that until the footy season started and they saw a vehicle in Jason Horne-Francis to get back at you.
"You lit a fire that has raged out of control since the season started. You started a fight that has gotten out of control."
Cornes revealed that his criticism of North Melbourne has come off the back of learning more about how Horne-Francis was treated in his rookie season at the club, comparing the treatment with that given to troubled youngster Tarryn Thomas.
"The support of Tarryn Thomas, that wasn't there for Jason Horne-Francis, I'm still blown away by to this day. I can't get my head around it," he said.
"I'm not going to back away from any criticism that North Melbourne have completely botched having one of their most talented players ever.
"I wouldn't back away from what I said about Horne-Francis. That was prior to me knowing the lack of support that he had, the lack of medical treatment that he had on the hamstring issues that were affecting him.
"The support that was given to Tarryn Thomas that they were trying to sweep under the carpet, there is a whole host of reasons that I had no idea about.
"I don't necessarily blame him - now that I know what he was going through - for his actions at North Melbourne last year."
Cornes' view was supported by Kangaroos great Wayne Carey, who also defended Horne-Francis for his decision to leave the club after just one season.
"If I was Jason Horne-Francis I would have left North Melbourne as well, 100 per cent you would leave," Carey said on his own podcast, The Truth Hurts.
"I have no problem with his decision to leave, loyalty went out of this game a long time ago."
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Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes says he will continue to taunt Kangaroos fans on social media, despite the firestorm surrounding Jason Horne-Francis, in a move described as "juvenile" by Roos great David King.
Cornes and King went head-to-head on SEN radio on Friday morning following a week where King was called out by Port coach Ken Hinkley for his commentary on Horne-Francis, who has been roundly booed by opposition fans this season.
King, who won two premierships with the Kangaroos, called on Cornes to cease throwing barbs at downtrodden North fans when the following exchange took place.
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King: "Are you ever going to use hashtag ice bath again?"
Cornes: "Why wouldn't I?"
King: "Because you've seen what's happened."
Cornes: "So North Melbourne fans are that weak-minded that I get under their skin?"
King: "I'm just asking you - are you going to troll them again?"
Cornes: "If you think hashtag icebath is trolling and Cam Zurhaar is not, then that shows your bias."
King: "That's disappointing. That's not going help Jason."
Cornes: "Are you critical of Zurhaar for mocking him twice?"
King: "I didn't think it was classy. If you use hashtag icebath again, I think that's the most juvenile thing I've ever heard you do."
Cornes: "Well I'm telling you I will. If I live rent-free in their heads like that, then I just find it amusing."
King: "It doesn't help Jason. That is all I'm saying. It doesn't help your boy."
The exchange came after King urged Cornes to take responsibility in his role in the Horne-Francis furore.
"You have to put your hand up for a percentage of the responsibility here," he said.
"This started when you engaged in trolling the Kangaroo fans with the icebath discussion which you know is a nonsense discussion to put the onus back on the North Melbourne footy club, who were poor last year. The people that were poor last year have been sacked.
"When you troll the Kangaroo fans and engage in a discussion that's hashtag icebath, every time you write hashtag icebath you know that's a little needle in the side of those trollers on Twitter and it's lit a fuse that they couldn't answer.
"They couldn't answer that until the footy season started and they saw a vehicle in Jason Horne-Francis to get back at you.
"You lit a fire that has raged out of control since the season started. You started a fight that has gotten out of control."
Cornes revealed that his criticism of North Melbourne has come off the back of learning more about how Horne-Francis was treated in his rookie season at the club, comparing the treatment with that given to troubled youngster Tarryn Thomas.
"The support of Tarryn Thomas, that wasn't there for Jason Horne-Francis, I'm still blown away by to this day. I can't get my head around it," he said.
"I'm not going to back away from any criticism that North Melbourne have completely botched having one of their most talented players ever.
"I wouldn't back away from what I said about Horne-Francis. That was prior to me knowing the lack of support that he had, the lack of medical treatment that he had on the hamstring issues that were affecting him.
"The support that was given to Tarryn Thomas that they were trying to sweep under the carpet, there is a whole host of reasons that I had no idea about.
"I don't necessarily blame him - now that I know what he was going through - for his actions at North Melbourne last year."
Cornes' view was supported by Kangaroos great Wayne Carey, who also defended Horne-Francis for his decision to leave the club after just one season.
"If I was Jason Horne-Francis I would have left North Melbourne as well, 100 per cent you would leave," Carey said on his own podcast, The Truth Hurts.
"I have no problem with his decision to leave, loyalty went out of this game a long time ago."
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