Ali Brigginshaw was asked how her teammate was after she was turned on by trolls. Then the Broncos captain relayed what she'd seen with her own eyes.
"Yeah, she's okay," Brigginshaw said at the NRLW season launch on Wednesday.
"Everyone in the game knows how hard she trains, we know her discipline off the field with what she eats and how she trains. She epitomises everything that we want to be in rugby league, and we all look up to her. To put a stop to the unsavoury trolling that so often plagues the celebration of female athletes' strength and ability, Brigginshaw said the public needed to make a conscious effort to report derogatory behaviour when they see it, rather than engaging with it.
"I don't think go back and have arguments with trolls. I think it's reporting these comments. If you ever see them, whether they're negative towards one of your friends or just someone that plays rugby league. I think it's really important that we all stop these comments and report them as quick as we can."
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