Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou has called for life bans after Latrell Mitchell was subjected to alleged racial abuse at half-time during South Sydney's 16-10 loss to the Panthers on Thursday night.
"It's not a claim, it happened. It's not the first time we've come here as a club and our players have been racially abused. Like where does it end? It's just not on," Demetriou said post-match. Demetriou said Mitchell was"sick of it" with the latest incident not the first time the South Sydney star has been on the end of racial abuse within the game."He continually shows the quality person he is. This is not something Latrell just cops on the footy field but something he's had to deal with his whole life... all Indigenous people do.
"He's sick of it... why wouldn't he be? He should be able to come here as a star of our game and not be racially abused.
There is also no room for politics, unfair bias and bullying in any sport.
looks like a typical cut and paste like all the other businesses
Life bans are a must...
How many fans attended the game? How many racists expelled from the stadium?
Neither is there a place for players who attack tradies with hammers and hit them in the head hey Andrew
Disgusting
Still silence 🤐 from the PenrithPanthers no wonder it keeps happening at Penrith
PenrithPanthers fans and ALL fans regardless of age should be banned for racial slurs!! They learn this behavior and it must be eliminated!! For kids, they still need to be banned for a period of time TO LEARN IT IS NOT OK!! NRLPanthersRabbitohs nrl
Hey PenrithPanthers, THIS is how you make an appropriately-worded stance against racial abuse. Be better than your pathetic statement. Anything less than condemnation is endorsing these putrid actions to be repeated.
You are kidding LM & JD what kid hasn’t called someone a colour and a animal, I’m sure Latrell would have done it as a kid. Leave the kid alone
average NRL fan, would never happen at the football.
What about AndrewVossy ? “Thanks Lara for the update now back to the footy”. Vossy and fellow commentators promote gambling and tab odds to children on air yet doesn’t speak on or discourage this behaviour. STOP PROMOTING GAMBLING and speak on real issues NRLPanthersSouths NRL
Racism has no place so does adults tipping beer & throwing food at women & kids attending games at Penrith having fools so drunk they get in the face of others including kids yelling cnuts official complaints made to NRL & PenrithPanthers 🤷♀️
How did the go from having such a good round 1 start to a game that looked fixed with the ref just leaving everything to the bunker to figure out. To disgraceful behaviour from the crowd. A lot can happen in a week of rugba league.
Then not just life ban, charge the kid and then jail the parents for failing
The NRL being more politics than ever before. Choosing stances that better suit a popularised narrative. There are a sea of things but you’ll only address stuff as the forefront of news.
what about when Jerome Luai was yelling out the C word? will the integrity unit look into that?
Yes it does. It’s called Penrith. That’s a place.
NRL should come down hard.. if proven...Panthers play behind closed doors for 2 or 3 home games.
NRL we need more than a statement. You need to bring all clubs together and ask them how they plan to control the crowd against Racism. Then a press conference to tell the public your position to protect the players. Where is your campaign against Racism.
Yes. Very Impressive that those players who heard it stopped immediately and called it out.
Glad to see this. Cut out the rubbish so we can all enjoy the game
Hope the & staff writer Alicia Newton come out and apologise to the Penrith fans ...considering it was well reported & confirmed the racial slur came from a Teenage Roosters fan.
NoShins81 Can you confirm that a Respect Round would have fixed this?
Not the first time it’s happened either
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