Lee Chin speaks for the first time on the racist abuse he suffered last year

Lee Chin has opened up about the racist abuse he suffered in a charity match between Wexford and Tipperary at Carrick-on-Suir 12 months ago. Chin’s team mates were enraged at the time and confronted the man, with referee John Keenan blowing the game up early.

Speaking at the launch of the Leinster Championships, Chin says he is fully aware of the seriousness of the situation. “Look, there was a part of me at the time that felt sorry for him. He has a family of his own and what happened was unfortunate. But sometimes things are said in the heat of the moment and they're not intentionally meant with any great malice.

“I was conscious at the time that the guy that it happened with, he was going through an awful lot at the time. Obviously with the fact that what he said, he was getting heat from it too. I just didn't think it would have helped with me coming out and having a go everywhere.” “I will be honest. It has never happened to me - and not that it should. But I'd like to state that it has never happened to me during a senior inter-county game at all, or any form of inter-county status level. It's never happened.

“Obviously, speaking about it does help and there's probably a lot of other people out there that experience it a lot more than I do and then there's probably people out there that don't experience it at all.

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