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Anna Harrington

Carlton, Bombers, AFL decry racial abuse of AFLW player

Carlton and Essendon have thrown their support behind Blues AFLW player Vaomua Laloifi (c). (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

The crowd member accused of racially vilifying Carlton defender Vaomua Laloifi in their AFLW clash with Essendon faces a lifetime ban.

Carlton said in a statement the incident occurred during the third quarter of Saturday's game at Windy Hill, "where it is understood targeted comments were made directly at Laloifi from a currently unidentified individual in the crowd". 

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