A football player has revealed his newly inked tattoos, after he was warned that previous words he had carved into his thighs – ‘eat sh** fa***t’ and ‘snort lines and f***’ – were so offensive that you could be banned from entering.
Joshua Taylor-Myles, a 23-year-old hooker for the Aquinas Colts in Sydney’s southwest, smiled and showed off his new tattoo as he celebrated his birthday at Bali’s Finns beach club on Sunday night.
Taylor-Myles can be seen grinning from ear to ear, pulling up her shorts to reveal a snarling bear and a Viking-themed cover-up. “Gone but not forgotten,” he captioned the image.
On Saturday, she shared photos of two artists tattooing elaborate new illustrations over the two tattoos.
This comes less than two weeks after a girl’s father was given an ultimatum: cover up the offending tattoo or risk being banned from any NSWRL competition.
A NSWRL spokesperson previously told Daily Mail Australia the father-of-one had been given an official warning and asked to cover the tattoos.
‘The NSWRL and Cronulla JRL are committed to providing a safe, fun and inclusive environment for all people, including those of diverse sexualities and genders. Being an inclusive sport not only reflects our core values, but also reflects the diversity of our local communities,’ the spokesperson said.
The tattoos caused a stir after Taylor-Myles was selected to play in the NSWRL’s Luke Lewis Cup and an image of her tattoos went viral on social media.
Joshua Taylor-Myles is seen showing off the results of his cover-up tattoo outside FINNS beach club in Bali.
Taylor-Myles shared photos of the process of covering up her tattoos on Saturday.
It is understood Cronulla officials only became aware of the highly offensive tattoos when a photo of them circulated on social media.
At least two images of Taylor-Myles’ legs were deleted from the club’s social media pages as commentators slammed the tattoos as “disgusting” and social media users called on the athlete to have them lasered off.
Senior members of the club questioned how the scandal was handled.
“He should be kicked out of the club if he refuses to cover those tattoos,” a former club member told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I get it, we all make mistakes, but there’s hardly a reasonable excuse as to why such offensive words would ever be written on your body.
“He wouldn’t be playing if I was still at the club.”
News Corp commentator Buzz Rothfield said the tattoos were “simply vile”.
Joshua Taylor-Myles (pictured) was told to cover up the ink, which read “eat s**t” and “snort and f**k”, or risk being banned from the sport.
A NSWRL spokesperson previously told Daily Mail Australia the father-of-one (pictured) had been given an official warning and asked to cover the tattoos.
“They are very offensive. It’s very homophobic. They didn’t realise. They didn’t check the tattoos on the legs of each player they selected for the representative teams, but when they posted a picture of the player on social media, they recognised it and sent it to the New South Wales Rugby League. Good for Dave Trodden,” he said.
Rothfield said Trodden, the NSWRL chief executive, “hit the ground running”.
“He said we have zero tolerance for any form of bullying, harassment or defamation towards people with diverse sexualities and genders,” he continued.
“They told this guy: ‘Take tape over them or you’ll never play in a New South Wales Rugby League sanctioned competition again’. I applaud them for being so tough on their nonsense.
‘He plays in a club where there are a lot of young men and women who participate for fun, for camaraderie and that is totally out of place.’