Rugby fans who engage in racial abuse of players could find their season tickets suspended, and they could be denied access to games. The occasion was marred by online racist abuse directed at the player on the Irish Rugby social media channels. Signify's Jonathan Sebira said it had been contracted by the IRFU to monitor the online threat or abuse of players. The online abuse of Edogbo ranged from “explicitly racist” to debate on the “nature of Irishness”, he said. “In this case, the majority (of the abuse) was actually coming from Irish accounts or from fans of the Ireland rugby team.

Source: Irish Examiner March 18, 2026 14:38 UTC