A Brisbane man has been fined $1000 and given a 12-month good behaviour bond for abusing a Rugby World Cup match official and his family.
A Brisbane troll has been fined $1000 and given a 12-month good behaviour bond for sending “vile and toxic” online abuse in a drunken rage to a Rugby World Cup match official and his family.
The court heard Isaia was upset with decisions made in the pool game between Samoa and England. Samoa were denied a try and later had a player sin-binned, and the English won by a single point via a 73rd-minute try. The company employed by World Rugby to monitor referee’s social media accounts at the tournament, Signify Group, captured the abuse via an AI-powered program called Threat Matrix. A dossier was forwarded to Queensland Police, which resulted in Isaia being charged.that “officials around the world in all different sports shouldn’t have to put up with abuse ... particularly ... aimed at family members”.
World Rugby said it had extended its partnership with Signify Group to continue monitoring for abuse of match officials in all men’s and women’s Tests for the next three years.
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