Alongside the Instagram post McGregor appears in a number 11 shirt in a number of pictures from the match that show him celebrating with teammates
Disgraced fighter Conor McGregor boasted “get stuck in” as his Blackforge FC won a game against north Dublin side Coolock last night.
Taking to Instagram in the wake of his side’s 1-0 victory he declared: “Great game lads, fair play,” alongside an Irish tricolour and red heart emojis.
Alongside the post McGregor appears in a number 11 shirt in a number of pictures from the match that show him celebrating with teammates, and grinning from the dugout.
In one photo, a personalised Forged Irish Stout sports bag with the letters CMCG emblazoned on the side is seen.
It is the second time the shamed fighter has togged out for his team in a week and comes just days after a judge ordered him to pay Nikita Hand €100,000 of her €250,000 damages and €200,000 of her expected €1.3m legal costs.
McGregor appeared to be enjoying himself from the dugout
Last November a jury found McGregor had assaulted Ms Hand in a civil case she took against him over an alleged rape in December 2018.
On Thursday, Judge Alexander Owens also ordered McGregor to delete any copies of CCTV footage he obtained from the case after he said it was clear there was a “danger” that such material may be posted on the internet by an Italian business associate of the Dubliner.
Last weekend the disgraced MMA fighter swapped the Octagon for the football pitch as the team named after his Black Forge pub in Crumlin took on rivals Harding FC in the UCFL Ringsend.
It was also the first time his pal James Lawrence was pictured out in public since he and the UFC star were sued by Hand in the high-profile civil rape case.
Dubliner Lawrence, who was found not to have assaulted Ms Hand by a High Court jury, was seen supporting McGregor from the sidelines as he togged out for Blackforge FC on Saturday afternoon.
Last week, Ms Hand’s lawyers applied for an injunction to prevent McGregor posting CCTV from the Beacon Hotel showing Ms Hand’s activities both before and after the alleged rape in December 2018.
This came after the Sunday Independent reported that Gabriel Ernesto Rapisarda, McGregor’s Italian stout distributor, had claimed the CCTV footage would be released in January and this would change views on McGregor and boost sales of his stout.
Judge Owens said there was a “demonstrable risk” that McGregor would provide the footage to Mr Rapisarda. He said the fighter had not engaged in the complaint when Ms Hand’s lawyers had written to him last week to seek assurances that this would not happen.
Ray Boland, senior counsel for Ms Hand, said she was also seeking an injunction barring McGregor from distributing CCTV footage from the trial that showed Ms Hand’s behaviour in the Beacon Hotel both before and after the alleged rape in the hotel’s penthouse suite.
The judge was shown copies of the Sunday Independent and Sunday World from earlier this month after the newspapers reported on comments made by Gabriel Ernesto Rapisarda, a drinks distributor who is supplying McGregor’s stout to retailers in Italy.
McGregor celebrates during the game
In Instagram posts Mr Rapisarda claimed the CCTV footage from the case would be released in January and would change people’s opinions on the case.
The judge was also shown an Instagram post from Dee Devlin, McGregor’s partner, where she described the CCTV footage and said she looked forward to the world seeing Ms Hand’s “carry on”.
Judge Owens said the trial had concluded so there was no reason for McGregor to retain the footage. While he was entitled to discuss the evidence with his partner Dee Devlin, he was not entitled to share it with his business partner for purposes unconnected to the case.
The judge said McGregor has already engaged in “irresponsible and intemperate behaviour” on social media by calling Ms Hand a “liar” since the verdict.
He said the facts were clear that “the jury has determined that he raped her” in 2018.
He said the matter has been “decisively determined” against McGregor and this will be the situation unless McGregor succeeds on appeal.
McGregor “does not get another run of the case” though social media or his surrogates, he said.
The judge said he does not intend to take any further action against McGregor over his social media posts criticising the jury case as being a “kangaroo court” as this would be a “distraction” that would keep McGregor in the news.
He said it was up to Ms Hand if she wished to take action against McGregor for his “defamatory comments” about her lying under oath.
He said there was a “real danger” that McGregor had arranged for Mr Rapisarda to get the CCTV from the case and this would be a civil contempt of court and a “potential gross breach of Ms Hand’s right to privacy”.
He said such leaking would be a “gross contempt of court” and could possibly influence a new jury if there was a retrial following an appeal.
The judge said he had to nip all that in the bud by acting immediately.
He directed McGregor to delete all CCTV footage he had or to return it to his solicitor. If it is necessary for McGregor to view the footage again, he could do so in his solicitor’s office under supervision.
If the material has been released to Mr Rapisarda or anyone else, McGregor must contact them and instruct them to return it.
This was necessary to ensure no abuse of court took place. He ordered McGregor to pay €100,000 of the damages awarded against him and €200,000 of Ms Hand’s legal costs.
No costs order was made in the part of the case involving James Lawrence, McGregor’s friend who the jury found did not assault Ms Hand. The court was previously told McGregor was paying Mr Lawrence’s legal costs.
The case will return before the judge on February 12.