{"id":373353,"date":"2024-03-06T09:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373353"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:02:53","slug":"mitchell-declares-leniu-comment-opened-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=373353","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell declares Leniu comment opened 'wounds'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabbitohs<\/a> star Latrell Mitchell<\/a> \ufeffhas called for Roosters player Spencer Leniu to cop a lengthy ban if he is found to have racially abused Broncos player Ezra Mam<\/a> during their Las Vegas match last weekend.<\/p>\n

The NRL<\/a> is under increasing pressure to come down hard on Leniu.<\/p>\n

Leniu \ufeffwas placed on report by referee Adam Gee during the second of two NRL fixtures on Sunday afternoon, following a heated on-field incident.<\/p>\n

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Broncos players allege Leniu called Mam a monkey, and Indigenous legend Johnathan Thurston later reported Mam was in tears after the game.<\/p>\n

Mitchell explained to 9News Sydney\ufeff that the alleged comments have hurt more people than just Mam.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

"For me, it opens up a lot of wounds and scars for my family and my people," Mitchell said after arriving home from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

"This stuff isn't tolerated in the game\ufeff, it should be rubbed out.<\/p>\n

"For me, it's about making sure Ezra Mam is alright."<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has called on the league \ufeffto come down hard on Leniu.<\/p>\n

\"Broncos<\/p>\n

"I hope that Peter (V'landys) and Andrew Abdo are taking serious consideration on how this should be dealt with," he said.<\/p>\n

On top of his support for Mam, Mitchell took to his social media to call for Leniu to be slapped with a lengthy ban<\/a> for his alleged actions.<\/p>\n

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"Let alone from the fans\ufeff, from the players on field … it should be stamped out," he said.<\/p>\n

\"Spencer<\/p>\n

Two years ago, Marcelo Montoya was suspended for four matches after being found guilty of using a homophobic slur\ufeff, while three years ago Mitch Barnett escaped sanction after an alleged racial incident with Tyrone Peachey due to a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n

Sunday's win over Brisbane was Leniu's first game for the Roosters, having left the Panthers after last year's grand final win over the Broncos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell \ufeffhas called for Roosters player Spencer Leniu to cop a lengthy ban if he is found to have racially abused Broncos […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373361,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373353\/revisions\/373361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/373356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}