New South Wales police last Friday charged the two men with sending abusive messages to the South Sydney Rabbitohs fullback, who is the great-nephew of Grand Slam tennis champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Mitchell said he had previously engaged with the abusers online but conceded that had been "wasting energy". Players from several sports in Australia have complained of becoming targets of online trolls who have lost bets because of the outcome of games. "This is the standard that I've set and for anyone in the rugby league community or just in the general community just to call it out," Mitchell said. England's soccer authorities on Sunday announced a social media boycott next weekend in response to continued online racist abuse of players.

Source: The Star April 26, 2021 07:24 UTC