I know Andre and his family personally and he would not lie over this. For him to be charged I’d say the evidence is pretty stacked.

I thought Savelio was Brasilian?

I heard it was allegedly the usual five letter prefix.......

That wasn't included in the original statement released by Andre Savelio, the prefix quoted there was 'stupid'.

Born in New Zealand, raised over here in the Warrington area.

If proved I would ban him for life we do not need or want that sort of stuff in Rugby league

Could be a lot worse for Andre.
He could have been born in southern England...............

Pol-I-nee-si-an


But who cares. Turning a joke into a ing contest

This is no time for levity.

You cared enough to reply. It'd not a ing contest - I am merely trying to help develop your education (pronounced "ed-u-ca-shun" - not "ed-u-ca-shi-un"icon_wink.gif.

You must be thinking of the geographical region "Polynesia", which could be 5 syllables.

Pol-i-nee-si-a.

Or 4 still - Pol-i-nee-sja.

Great thread lads.

So in a week where the sport had a social media boycott in response to racial abuse, a player who is found guilty of racial abuse is handed the minimum punishment that the grade carries.

Travesty

Well, a few weeks ago, Bradford Bulls player George Flannigan was hit with a 10 game ban for a Grade F offense. So according to the RFL, a hit to the balls is worse than racist abuse.