Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 1 o Hōngongoi 2011, i kī te kaitautoko rongonui o Rānana, a Jan Verhaas, i runga i tana whārangi Twitter, kāore a McLeod i whakaae ki te tarai i te ringa o te kaitautoko wahine, a Ivy Zhu, i muri i tana wikitōria i a Robert Milkins i tētahi whakataetae tohu mō te
Ko te Australian Goldfields Open. I pānuihia te kōrero a Verhaas: "Kāore a Rory McLeod i whakaae ki te tarai i te ringa o te kaiwhakawa wahine a Ivy Zhu i tēnei ata nā ōna whakapono Muslim. Ka taea e koe te whakaaro e hiahia ana koe e pā ana ki reira... " I te 22 o Noema 2014, i muri i te ngaronga 4<unk>0 ki a Judd Trump i te Ruhr Open, ka kore ano a McLeod ki te tarai i te ringa o te kaiwhakawa wahine.