Justin Langer: Truth on Sandpapergate can have different versions, but now we need to find a way forward

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After the events of this week, and the hurt that has clearly been felt from everyone involved, I say it again: we must find a way forward.

It’s time to find a way forward. After the events of this week, and the hurt that has clearly been felt from everyone involved, I say it again: we must find a way forward. There is no value in continuing down a path that can only bring further hurt. Nobody benefits from that, and certainly nobody benefits from allowing events of the past to define what comes next. When I walked into the coaching job in 2018, the message from the top was blunt. We don’t care if you win or lose, we need to earn back the respect of the Australian public. We came up with three simple words we spoke to almost every day — ‘Make Australians Proud’.

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