AFL's inaugural "Gather Round" dogged by racism against Indigenous players

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Brisbane’s Charlie Cameron is one of multiple Indigenous AFL players to have experienced a recent spate of racist online abuse. Source: AAP / DARREN ENGLAND

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This weekend the AFL is holding its first ever Gather Round, with all 18 teams playing their round 5 fixture in Adelaide. But it's been overshadowed by a spate of online racial abuse directed at multiple Indigenous players. The AFL is vowing to make every effort to track down the perpetrators.


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