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RUGBY league has been hit with a fresh racism saga with the father of Broncos star Justin Hodges revealing he was verbally attacked while coaching a junior team in Brisbane.
Revelations of Roy Hodges abusers came as Broncos forward Sam Thaiday, a Torres Strait Islander, yesterday called on the ARL Commission to crack down on racist elements in the code.
On a day in which the NRL indefinitely stood down an 18-year-old man for racially abusing Broncos star Ben Barba, Roy Hodges has spoken of his own battle with racism.
Justin Hodges's father was called a "black bastard" while coaching an under-13s side. Source: News Corp Australia
Hodges was coaching an under-13s side on Brisbane's northside last Sunday when he was left stunned after being called a "black bastard" by a male parent from his own team.
The parent is then alleged to have thrown his son's jumper at Hodges, who subsequently ordered his racial abuser from the ground. Shocked onlookers reported the incident to officials at Hodges' junior rugby league club, which is now investigating the attack.
While insisting racism is not rife in the code, Hodges Sr warned rugby league's governors not to be complacent.
"I haven't spoken about this before but this has got out of hand," Roy Hodges said last night.
"We should have bans and maybe even fines to sit racists on their backside. I've seen too much nonsense on the sidelines and it needs to be cleaned up.
"To see superstars like Ben Barba put down and racially abused is sickening ... it just brings down the good people in rugby league."
Roy Hodges: "I was hurt about it, I was humiliated." Source: News Limited
Hodges Sr, who is a coaching volunteer at his junior club, admits he was rattled by the racial spat.
"I was hurt about it, I was humiliated," he said. "People were watching the incident and the young kids around were upset by the whole ordeal. Young kids don't need to see and hear those things. The man in question brought his son along to fill in for our team, so I didn't know him at all.
"His son came off with a foot injury and I didn't want to put him back on and that's when his dad went at me.
"He took his son's jersey off, walked towards me, threw it at me and called me a black bastard.
"The kids and parents were shocked and I told him to leave the venue because it's not on. His son was very upset about the whole thing.
"This sort of thing should be stamped out across the game. Maybe cracking down will make people think twice about doing it."
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