NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo has vowed to eradicate racism from the sport as he promised to sanction and educate any fan found to have abused Latrell Mitchell.
Abdo on Friday stopped short of promising a life ban for the spectator who allegedly racially abused Mitchell at Penrith on Thursday night, but said the game would come down hard on any offenders.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. “The message to those outlying individuals is very clear – you are not welcome in our game,” Abdo said. “You’re going to be called out, and not just by players but by fans and officials.
We self-regulate in our game. And eventually it becomes eradicated. “That has to be our goal and our vision. We will do all we can to make sure we leave the game better than we found it.