I don't think racism is a particularly big problem in pro sport in the UK. Amateurs is another matter, however.

If it was common that would tend to suggest it was acceptable surely

back to the question, is racism on the field acceptable?

should victims report it to refs or handle their own justice?

It can never be acceptable!!

Just read "The Slap" set in a mainly Greek community in Melbourne. Obviously I dont know accurate a portayal it is, but the level of casual racism is astonishing.

I've found the level of racism here staggering, especially to indigenous people. It's like the UK in the 60's and 70's. It's not a one way street though and I've also seen and heard alot of racism from other groups towards whites and other minorities. For such a multicultural place built on immigration it is a bit weird tbh.
Sport can and should be playing a part in reducing it so I would say zero tolerance is the way to go and the NRL should throw the book at any player maing a racist comment.

Racism is a major problem in Australia, never mind Rugby League. The place is miles behind the likes of the UK when it comes to this sort of thing.

Who says- You

They may be happy with what they have and dont necessarily want our standards

I certainly hope things have changed somewhat over the years.

I remember refereeing Tony Banham (RIP) when he played amateur in Hull. A scrum broke up with the front row trading punches and I clearly heard what an opposition player called Banham. Tony quite rightly went ballistic and I put myself in between him and the idiot. I calmed him down by telling him that he'd obviously misheard and the 2@ had called him a "fat bastad" (there was no denying that one). I then had a word with the idiot and suggested that it might be in his best interests to get himself subbed but he was having none of that. Ten minutes later I heard "aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh" from behind me, turned and saw an angelic-looking Banham, walking innocently away from a prone idiot, who was then taken to HRI to have his broken jaw wired up.

As neither I, nor anyone else saw the incident, there was nothing to report.

Only to imbeciles

To the PC brigade its ok to call the English anything as we cannot be offended.

Don't let a certain few leeds fans read this! Remember the apparent racism towards Ryan Bailey by the majority of the forum..?

haha, not surprised by that story. I played American football with Tony, big man who i certainly wouldn't have dared call anything! He protected me a few times!!

No comment of a racial nature is acceptable if the target takes offence.

I am a Tea caddy, paddy, mick, hod carrier....etc....none of which upset me. I have thick skin.
My daughters boyfriend is a "silvery"......ask a cockney if you need to (clue...silvery moon rhymes with.....).....the wellington wendyballers are owned by a "bubble" (bubble and squeak rhymes with a bloke from a skint EU nation) and I regularly refer to the Australians as Crims.....it's all objective/subjective...if it offends one person, it's racist.....
I agree......on the pitch, so long as it's not white supremacist type stuff....it stays on the pitch.

I guess when people treat you differently, stereotype you in a negative way, deny you work opportunities, search you at airports etc etc because of your race/culture then I can see why people would get upset by it. Being called a pom doesn't bother me but then I have never been vilified in Australia for being English.

The closest I've been to understanding what it must be like for people who are treat in this way was when I was working in Pakistan and quite clearly some people judged me by my skin and accent rather than who I was. It was only brief but very annoying and at times disconcerting.