A WA footballer is leading calls for stronger penalties and umpire powers to stop on-field racial abuse after he was vilified by the opposition during a match in Bunbury.
A WA footballer is leading calls for stronger penalties and umpire powers to stop on-field racial abuse after he was vilified during a match in Bunbury.The South West Football League is asking the AFL to formalise how umpires should respond to abuseAs the AFL celebrates the Indigenous contribution to the game with the Sir Doug Nicholls Round, a Noongar player in the South West Football League has spoken up after formally reporting an incident during a game against South Bunbury on May 14.
"I heard one of the South Bunbury players yelling out, 'Hurry up, you yowie, we don't have all day'," he said.Mr Yarran said he felt his opponent was "just calling me a monkey."He said he ignored the taunt initially but when it happened again he decided to report it.
The AFL's rule 35 covers racist and sexist vilification from one player to another and by club officials, like a coach, in AFL, AFLW and community football.Players can be reported and, under law 23 of the rules of the game which applies to community football, an umpire can "order off" a player for "an act of serious misconduct".
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