Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... z2WhMCEhq4The wife of Bulldogs forward Frank Pritchard says her family has been hurt by racial abuse directed at them during last Friday's match at Brookvale Oval, and she is unlikely to return to Manly as a result of the ''degrading'' incident.
Raima Pritchard was called a ''monkey'' and told to ''go back where you came from'' as she celebrated her husband scoring a try during a golden-point victory over the Sea Eagles. She said on Wednesday that the perpetrators were an ''older couple'' and their two friends. She was seated with her daughter Kaizen, who turned four on the night, and other family members including Pritchard's parents.
''It was disturbing. They didn't know who I was, and I didn't make it clear who I was or anything,'' she said at the Bulldogs community lunch in Sydney. ''But that kind of stuff shouldn't be at a football game anyway. I had my daughter there with me. It was very awkward. We were cheering because we got the try, and we were just told to f-off, and sit down, and go back to your own country.
''That really did upset my family and all of us who were there. The most degrading thing was they looked at us straight away and they told us to go back to Centrelink, stop bludging off the dole. I was very upset about that. I just told my family to keep on looking at the park.''
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It also emerged on Wednesday that Bulldogs winger Krisnan Inu was dubbed a ''dumb black c---'' by a troll on Instagram. Inu, a devout Christian, removed the message then apologised to his followers for challenging the troll to say the comment to his face.
One 15 yo girl calls Goodes an ape and the AFL community are outraged and act swiftly and harshly
Yet this sort of behaviour appears common in the NRL and goes on unchallenged.
only in manly... or if you're an AFL supporter, only in every AFL team! 
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