ABC News | Megan Latham is hit by an uneasy feeling as she steps onto the Tyrendarra recreation reserve.
It's a frosty morning in south-west Victoria. The grass is slick from overnight rain. It's the first time she's been on the oval since the end of Tyrendarra's inaugural women's football season in 2022.
She quit the club soon after. Not because she was injured, too busy or no good, but because of the club's response to a shocking incident on an end of season footy trip.
A senior player had sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl.
As rumours of the incident and his arrest filtered through the clubrooms, Ms Latham says the official response was silence.
"No-one said anything about it," she said.
"It seemed more like, 'Let's pretend this didn't happen', which was really disappointing, particularly when it impacts so many women.
"I would describe it as … minimising it, hiding it, not addressing it."
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