- This week, the NSWRL issued a 20-year ban to Justin Bayley
- A football fan racially abused former NRL star Andrew Fifita on Instagram
- Fifita plays for Woy Woy Roosters on the New South Wales Central Coast
A football fan who racially abused former NRL star Andrew Fifita has been banned from the sport for 20 years.
Justin Bayley was suspended by the NSWRL integrity unit this week after being found guilty of attacking the Cronulla Sharks championship winner on Instagram.
Fifita, 35, is captain and coach of the Woy Woy Roosters park football team on the New South Wales central coast.
The hateful messages included one from Bayley labelling Fifita “a fat, old, lazy, weak, black, rotten dog”, a moron and a “monkey”.
Bayley also reportedly challenged Fifita to a fight.
According News CorporationA NSWRL statement said: ‘Chief Executive David Trodden said the racial vilification received by True Blue and Woy Woy coach Andrew Fifita was sickening.
‘The NSWRL treats these matters very seriously, which is reflected in the fact that the person responsible has received a 20-year ban.
‘Justin Bayley has been banned from all facets of rugby league for 20 years after being found guilty of code of conduct breaches including racially vilifying Fifita following a Rugby League Central Coast premiership match between Woy Woy Roosters and Wyong Roos at Woy Woy Oval on Sunday 9 June.’
A football fan who racially abused former NRL star Andrew Fifita (pictured playing for the Woy Woy Roosters on the NSW Central Coast) has been banned from the sport for 20 years.
Justin Bayley labelled the NRL championship winner (right) a “fat, old, lazy, weak, black, rotten dog”, a moron and a “monkey”.
Bayley’s son Chaice plays as a five-eighth for rival club Wyong.
Earlier this week, Fifita was forced to delete a polarising social media post after accusing two New South Wales Central Coast football clubs of being racist.
The decorated front row claimed on Instagram that the Terrigal Sharks and Erina Eagles were “supporting racism” by losing recent games to Woy Woy.
Fifita was ordered to remove the post after the NSWRL and Rugby League Central Coast board pointed to the code’s policies and procedures edict.
It is understood Terrigal and Erina would not be playing Woy Woy because they were concerned for the safety of their fans.
Woy Woy claims its players and fans have been subjected to racial abuse by rival supporters this season.
Last weekend, Fifita and his teammates lined up against the Dora Creek Swampies and before the game, the Roosters took a knee after receiving racially motivated complaints.