Sam Newman has doubled-down on his call for Australians to boo the Welcome to Country at the grand final.

In a heated interview with Tony Jones on 3AW, the AFL personality said the comments were “tongue-in-cheek”, but he WOULD boo if he went to the grand final.

Press PLAY below to hear Tony Jones grilling Sam Newman over his call to boo the Welcome to Country

TONY JONES: “If you went to the grand final would you boo?”

SAM NEWMAN: “Yes.”

TONY JONES: “Well hang on a moment, you just said it was tongue-in-cheek…”

Tony Jones questions Sam Newman over call to boo Welcome to Country