David Campese became famous for a goose step during his rugby playing days. Now he's just looking like a goose.
The former Australian wing posted a sexist tweet this morning questioning the credentials of Fairfax journalist Georgina Robinson, who is covering Australia's current tour of Europe for Fairfax's group of newspapers including the Sydney Morning Herald.
"Why does the smh get a girl to write about rugby. Growden who was a great jornio (sic) and now we have someone who has no idea about the game!" Campese posted on his twitter account.
Campese, who holds the test try-scoring record for Australia, has since deleted the tweet which drew widespread criticism from inside and outside the rugby community.
"Really sad to see journos attacked based on their gender," Australian loose forward David Pocock tweeted. "Or a grown woman referred to as a 'girl' #destroyingthejoint."