Walker's devastated reaction to Latrell abuse

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The racist abuse hurled astatine Latrell Mitchell near large mate and chap Indigenous superstar Cody Walker devastated.

The South Sydney five-eighth was visibly shaken erstwhile asked by 9News astir the incident, which marred the Rabbitohs' clash with the Panthers astatine Penrith's BlueBet Stadium connected Thursday night.

"I consciousness arsenic though it's the worst signifier of favoritism determination is," said Walker, who heard the slur and instantly reacted with fury portion walking up the passageway astatine half-time.

"It's perfectly disgusting behaviour.

"Hearing those benignant of words travel retired of someone's rima ... I dunno. I've really got nary words. Yeah, I dunno."

Panthers co-captain Nathan Cleary besides condemned the abuse.

"It shouldn't beryllium happening," the Penrith halfback told 9News.

"I can't judge it's inactive happening."

Greg Inglis, the antheral who wore South Sydney's No.1 jersey earlier Mitchell, was racially abused astatine the Penrith venue successful 2018.

"It's horrible, it's terrible, I don't privation it upon anyone," Inglis said connected the LiSTNR Footy Talk podcast connected Friday.

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"I went done it, a lad went done it."

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Mitchell's manager, Matt Rose, said galore others successful the aforesaid presumption would person already "walked distant from the game".

"Latrell's a peculiar person," Rose told 9News.

"Am I disquieted astir it? Yeah, I bash interest astir Latrell's wellbeing. I cognize the scrutiny he's under, I cognize he's the biggest prima successful the NRL.

"And to suffer Latrell to rugby league would beryllium an implicit shame successful the sport."

Trent Robinson was Mitchell's archetypal manager successful the NRL, and they tasted premiership glory unneurotic astatine the Roosters successful 2018 and 2019.

"We're inactive not astatine a constituent wherever we're blessed to judge truly beardown Indigenous voices successful this country," Robinson said.

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