An indigenous AFL star has been targeted by racist trolls on another social media post by 7AFL.
Channel 7 asked on its 7AFL Instagram account whether the West Coast Eagles player should have been given a suspension after a late strike on Brisbane defender Darcy Gardiner in the Round 1 AFL match on Saturday at the Gabba.
The network posted a video of the incident, and while the majority of comments by Instagram users were not racist, two commenters called the AFL player a 'monkey'.
The controversy comes just days after a tweet by 7AFL which showed an image of women's player Tayla Harris kicking a football was hijacked by fans who posted vile comments.
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Liam Ryan in action against the Brisbane Lions in Round 1 at the Gabba, Queensland on Saturday. At the end of the match he was involved in a jumper punch incident
'Where did they get this monkey from melbourne zoo,' wrote one.
'The monkey should be banned for life' wrote another, who had a racist Instagram handle that included the N-word.
Daily Mail Australia could not find either comment on the Instagram post on Monday. One of the accounts had been deleted, while the other account's name was changed and set to private.
Liam Ryan after the game, but before the racist comments surfaced on social media
Scores of commenters immediately condemned the racist comments both on Instagram and on Twitter where AFL luminaries including Ryan's team-mate Nic Naitanui rallied to condemn the prejudice.
'These fools need to be held accountable at some stage,' tweeted Naitanui as he called out the prejudice.
'They are disgraceful humans!' tweeted Greater Western Sydney star Phil Davis in reply.
Brisbane Lions player Mitch Robinson joined the chorus of condemnation, calling it 'absolute bulls**t' on Twitter and encouraging the AFL community to rally around Ryan the same way they defended women's AFL player Tayla Harris.
West Coast Eagles star Nic Naitanui called out the racism on Twitter, posting a screenshot of the 'monkey' comments which have since been deleted from the 7afl Instagram page
West Coast star Nic Naitanui called for the two fools to be held accountable, as players and fans together condemned the racist slur against Eagles teammate Liam Ryan
AFL fans praised Naitanui for calling out the racism while some called for those behind the 'monkey' comments to be banned from
