Latrell Mitchell's mother has hit out at the online trolls who are making her son's life what she calls "a constant misery".
Patricia Goolagong contacted Wide World of Sports to express her disgust at the abuse Mitchell regularly cops on social media.
It followed Mitchell posting a photo of himself and his young son on his Facebook fan page that resulted in several ugly remarks.
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Goolagong confronted the trolls and several subsequently removed their posts – which WWOS has chosen not to publish – but others only doubled down on the abuse.
"I'm just sick and tired of these cowards and the way they attack my son and make his life a constant misery," Ms Goolagong said.
Latrell Mitchell of the Rabbitohs. Getty
"They really make his life hard and then to bring his little boy into it takes it to a whole new level. It just disgusts me and I wish I could confront these cowards face to face and see how brave they are then."
RLPA boss Clint Newton is aware of the vitriol Mitchell and others cop on social media.
"There is no place for it and we've worked with the NRL to create a space for players to come forward when they have been abused online – when it's worse than constructive criticism – and descends into outright abuse," Newton told Wide World of Sports.
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"The players can report abuse to the integrity unit and they will look into it. When it is brought forward, it will be taken seriously.
"There is no place for personal abuse of players – it's the lowest form of criticism. The NRLW players actually cop worse abuse than the men so it is very unfortunate. Latrell has been very brave in coming forward to hit out at online abuse.
"Social media is a huge asset to the game and you want the players to be on there expressing their views to the fans – not just in Australia but globally.
"Fans love to follow players so the supporters will be the losers."
RLPA chief executive Clint Newton. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
An RLPA survey conducted last year showed 67 per cent of players who suffer abuse online do not report incidents.
The players chose to just ignore or block the trolls instead.
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