- Dr Sonja Hood has deleted her X account
- President of North Melbourne since 2022
- Alastair Clarkson’s men are 0-4 this season
North Melbourne president Dr Sonja Hood has deleted her X account after being subjected to “abhorrent” abuse on the social media platform.
It’s understood Hood has received a plethora of negative messages from fed-up fans online as the Kangaroos have lost four straight games this AFL season.
The result is Kap is no longer present online.
AFL reporter Tom Morris branded the level of abuse Hood suffered as ‘despicable’.
North Melbourne president Dr Sonja Hood has deleted her X account after being subjected to ‘abhorrent’ abuse on the social media platform
Hood received waves of abusive messages from fans as the Kangaroos lost four games in a row this AFL season (Photo: Luke McDonald after a 70-point loss to the Lions)
“She has been forced to delete her Twitter account in recent days simply because of the vile abuse she has suffered,” he told Footy Classified on Wednesday.
“She has received threats about North Melbourne, the way they play, people tagging her in tweets so they know she will see them.”
North Melbourne were hammered by the Brisbane Lions by 70 points in the fourth round at Gather Round in Adelaide.
It was their biggest deficit of the season so far.
Hood later admitted to Morris that she “doesn’t feel the need to be part of that world” after the avalanche of criticism.
The Roos have struggled since Hood was appointed president in 2022, but the appointment of four-time premiership-winning coach Alastair Clarkson last year gave long-suffering fans some reason for optimism.
In April last year, Hood made a welcome return to football after being declared cancer-free.
In an open letter published on the Kangaroos website, Hood said she was given the all-clear by specialists after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
She replaced Ben Buckley on the hot seat at Arden St in February 2022, joining Peggy O’Neal (Richmond), Kate Roffey (Melbourne) and Kylie Watson-Wheeler (Western Bulldogs) as female club presidents at the time.
On Sunday, Alastair Clarkson’s failing troops take on unbeaten Geelong at GMHBA Stadium – perhaps the toughest away game in the competition.