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St Kilda prima Jack Higgins has been hammered by footy fans and the premier of South Australia aft taking a playful swipe astatine the metropolis of Adelaide during his post-match interrogation connected Sunday.
The Saints defeated Port Adelaide by 17 points astatine Adelaide Oval, solidifying their spot successful the apical 8 aft 4 rounds.
The nine has elected to enactment successful Adelaide for the week arsenic Gather Round descends connected South Australia from Thursday.
Higgins was asked if helium had thing planned for the week away.
'No, I don't similar Adelaide, truthful I'll astir apt beryllium successful my country playing Call of Duty with the boys,' helium told Channel Seven's Erin Phillips, referring to the fashionable video game.
Seven commentator James Brayshaw, who lived successful Adelaide during his cricket career, was not having it.
Jack Higgins took purpose astatine the metropolis of Adelaide during his post-match interrogation pursuing his side's triumph implicit Port Adelaide connected Sunday
'Come on, Higgo — It's a cracking town! What are you talking about?' helium said.
Seven's Jason Bennett added: 'After he's said that, helium whitethorn not privation to permission the edifice room!'
Premier Peter Malinauskas has besides commented connected the situation, insisting Higgins should get retired of his country and 'see a fewer things'.
'There utilized to beryllium a clip erstwhile we would get antiaircraft and uppity astir these sorts of comments but I deliberation we've moved beyond that,' Mr Malinauskas said.
'In South Australia I deliberation radical consciousness truly comfy astir the information we've got pridefulness successful our state, and we've got tons to connection and we cognize that much and much radical are coming implicit to bask it.
'My lone proposal to Jack is that playing Call of Duty successful a edifice room, that's not my cupful of tea, I would beryllium much inclined if I was him to get retired and astir and spot a fewer things.'
Higgins' cheeky remark didn't spell down good with locals, including Adelaide Crows prima Darcy Fogarty.
'He mustn't person spent excessively overmuch clip here. There's truthful overmuch to offer,' helium told Seven.
Crows prima Darcy Fogarty, who loves his location authorities truthful overmuch helium precocious got a tin of South Australia's celebrated Coopers brew tattooed connected his bicep, has deed backmost astatine Higgins
Higgins (pictured with Tenisha Crook astatine the Brownlow Medal) has chosen to go nationalist force fig 1 successful Adelaide
'If helium doesn't similar it, I reckon helium tin bugger disconnected beauteous quickly.'
Fogarty loves Adelaide truthful overmuch that helium past week had his limb tattooed with an representation of a tin of the state's celebrated Coopers beer.
'Getting thing you emotion for your archetypal tattoo. I chose Coopers Brewery,' Fogarty wrote connected Instagram alongside a photograph of himself with the tattoo.
Coopers replied successful the comments: 'You'll ever retrieve your first.'
Higgins' Saints instrumentality connected the GWS Giants astatine Norwood Oval connected Sunday, portion Forgarty's Crows tackle Geelong successful the opening lucifer of Gather Round astatine Adelaide Oval.
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