Australia’s PM slams social media ‘grubs’ after Aussie Rules player abused


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  • Friday, 22 Mar 2019

Australian Rules player Tayla Harris talks to the media in Melbourne, Australia March 20, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media on March 21, 2019. RSN927am Breakfast Club/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

MELBOURNE: Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison has described social media users who posted abusive comments beneath a photograph of Australian Rules player Tayla Harris as "cowardly grubs".

Harris, who plays for Carlton in the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) competition, was pictured with her leg fully extended as she kicked a goal in a photograph posted online by a broadcaster on March 19.

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