Drua 'shocked at racial abuse' as Lomani faces judiciary over Canham blow

"Drua 'shocked at racial abuse' " - Racial abuse cannot be condoned at any level. But Fiji, I am shocked at the appalling way your teams play to injure the opposition on the rugby field. Physicality is one thing but when taken to the extreme, it is what it is, unacceptable abuse. This is exemplified in Lomani's case where he took an opportunity to hurt and he did. He is a hotheaded thug and you just need to look at the menace he displayed in his choke hold of Nick White's neck and throat in the Drua v Force game 2 weeks back to see this. Look also at his reaction to the Red Card when given by the Ref - total disbelief that this should be happening to him meaning not a second though about the actions he has just perpetrated. The entry point of 10 weeks should have been added to and the ban should have been at least a year out of the game. As for the idiot who sprayed his (alleged) racial abuse at Lomani - if he did that then there is no place for him in the rugby stadium stands and he should be banned from attending games for 5 years - but perhaps discounted by the same margin that Lomani achieved.

Yeah Lomani should be in police for assault

Ever thought that woman could be lying? Where’s direct evidence he said anything

How independent was that full investigation

Yes this. Making themselves victims to deflect attention from their thuggery

Sure they aren't shocked by their thuggery but some fan being racist. Deflecting mofos. Byrne didn't say anything about his thugs being disgrace. What a disgraceful hypocrite.

It's offside if the 9 isn't part of the ruck - therein lies the rub though.

I agree. And vigilante justice on social media and rugby blogs is just as bad. Let’s see if the accusation has any factual basis first, eh?

As an Anglo-Saxon male I have been on the receiving end of racism in China, Japan, South Africa and USA. None of it was pleasant. My thoughts are if this person is found guilty, ban him etc - whatever the appropriate punishments are. But to have someone come on into this forum and make a blanket statement that Australians are racist, racism very common among Australians, well, thats quite sad and simply untrue.

I haven't. I've found Australians more willing to talk, joke and banter about race/ethnicity/nationality than most, but actual racism is pretty rare. I suspect the idea that "Aussies are racist" comes from misunderstanding Aussie humour.

Yes and he will pay the price. It doesn't detract from the illegality of the cleanout.

I agree with you, didnt see your first comment.

Why would a discussion thread that focuses predominately on the topic of the article be deemed “a little off” -have you even read the title? There’s a few hundred comments throwing outrage at Lomani’s act on another thread on this site. Given the game was 4 days ago now ppl will discuss other matters including Canham’s illegal clean out, the style of which he has form in previous seasons. Your preference btw is irrelevant and shows you’ve probably never been racially abused, which once again is the topic of this article.

See my initial comment

"This is blatant obstruction. If refs are not going to crack down on it, expect players to react." Fiwiboy's comment implies that if the referee had done a better job Lomani wouldn't of 'had' to assault the player. That comment is taking the blame off Lomani and moving it to the referee (and Canham). This also implies it was a simple reaction to a bad referee's call and not assault which it is in any other circumstance.

Nobody is arguing that point

Yes but there is a difference between reacting and assaulting a player.

I have found it common among the people of the world.

Yep. It's not even a difficult one if able to be proven.

Well from the X feed, plenty heard it and the person was between others that could not have missed it. The woman saying "shame on you" obviously was offended. A life ban from paid sporting grounds would be in order.