Tubby calls on abuser to 'look Latrell in the eye'

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Mark Taylor has encouraged the NRL spectator that racially abused Latrell Mitchell to "look him successful the eye" and apologise.

The incidental occurred connected Thursday nighttime astatine BlueBet Stadium successful Penrith erstwhile Mitchell copped radical maltreatment arsenic helium was heading up the passageway astatine half-time.

Taylor, the Australian cricket great, backed Nicho Hynes' calls to amended the offender and said it would beryllium beneficial to travel look to look with the NRL superstar.

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"I thought possibly spell and conscionable Latrell Mitchell, get him to spell and conscionable Latrell, look him successful the oculus and firstly apologise, if that's what helium wants to do. But I deliberation that is simply a large mode of educating the young fella," Taylor said connected Nine's Sports Sunday.

Brad Fittler, Mitchell's NSW State of Origin coach, besides applauded Dally M victor Hynes' mature position connected the "sad" situation, which the NRL is investigating.

"Listening to radical similar Nicho astatine the moment, highly educated person, full control, handling unit precise well," Fittler said connected Sports Sunday.

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"He could easy spell connected the different broadside and spell beardown and dense connected penalties, but perfect.

"Just controlled and concise. Go and get immoderate education. It's a spot bittersweet really that we've got a concern similar this to constituent retired that there's not capable education."

Hynes said the offender should not beryllium fto disconnected the hook but pointed retired determination were wider issues astatine play.

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"Part of his consequence, helium should beryllium getting the biggest effect for sure, but portion of it should beryllium wherever helium goes and educates himself present connected Aboriginal civilization oregon connected racism successful general," Hynes said.

"It mightiness not beryllium a reflection connected this young guy, it could beryllium a reflection connected the radical astir him oregon what he's been taught successful life. He mightiness person been taught it's OK to bash that. It's decidedly not. I privation to person everyone's backmost successful this circumstance, this young chap needs to beryllium looked after, arsenic well.

"He's going to beryllium going done a truly pugnacious clip astatine the moment."

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