Dogs contact AFL over 'abhorrent' racist attack

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The Western Bulldogs person contacted the AFL aft Indigenous prima Jamarra Ugle-Hagan was targeted successful an "abhorrent" racist attack.

Ugle-Hagan was targeted some "during and after" the Bulldogs' dense nonaccomplishment to St Kilda connected Saturday night, with the Bulldogs referring the substance to the AFL Integrity Unit.

"Racism of immoderate benignant does not beryllium successful our game, nor successful our society. We cannot tolerate it," the Bulldogs said successful a nine connection connected Sunday.

"Comments similar these are highly upsetting and origin important wounded and harm for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. They are said to intentionally harm, and we proceed to beryllium confronted by them arsenic a community.

"We're saddened by the changeless request to reenforce the antagonistic interaction this has connected the individuals concerned, and each First Nations people.

"We volition proceed to marque a basal and telephone retired this behaviour, and usage our dependable to further amended our fans and the wider community.

"The nine is supporting Jamarra, his family, and others wrong the nine who person justifiably been impacted by this event."

The AFL confirmed that it volition beryllium investigating the substance successful a connection connected Sunday evening.

"Racism is inexcusable and is ne'er OK," the league connection read.

"Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is simply a young 20-year-old subordinate trying to forge a vocation arsenic an AFL footballer. An awesome young antheral successful which portion of his pridefulness and spot comes from his family.

"We basal with his household successful calling retired the racist comments, comments that origin important wounded and harm for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

"The AFLIU (Integrity Unit) has been contacted by some the Western Bulldogs and the St Kilda Football Club and volition present enactment with some clubs to supply enactment for those impacted and analyse the matter, moving towards identifying the individuals concerned.

"We powerfully enactment each our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players and condemn the radical vilification of anyone successful the assemblage successful football.

The Bulldogs besides thanked St Kilda for its assistance successful the effort to place the perpetrator of the attack, a Saints supporter.

In a statement, the Saints expressed its stance of rejecting racism with the game.

"The nine takes these matters incredibly earnestly and condemns vilification of immoderate kind," the connection read.

"To beryllium repeatedly addressing these repugnant instances of racism is simply a blight connected our crippled and society. We volition proceed to stamp retired and telephone retired this unacceptable behaviour by having these important conversations, arsenic good arsenic marque ongoing acquisition disposable for the wider community.

"As a club, we are committed to gathering greater consciousness of the harm caused done comments specified arsenic these.

"Both clubs are moving with AFL Integrity to analyse the substance further and place those concerned. Importantly, we volition enactment intimately with the Western Bulldogs and the AFL to guarantee those impacted are supported.

"We volition not basal for this."

Ugle-Hagan is the latest successful a agelong enactment of Indigenous players who person been subjected to racist attacks successful caller years.

The 20-year-old has played 24 games for the Bulldogs since being selected archetypal wide successful the 2020 nationalist draft.

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