Rugby fans who engage in racial abuse could be denied access to games

Last month, Munster Rugby's Edwin Edogbo made his international debut for Ireland against Italy in the Six Nations rugby clash in Dublin

Posts on the IRFU X and Instagram accounts celebrating Edogbo’s first cap for Ireland attracted a number of racist comments.

Rugby fans who engage in racial abuse of players could find their season tickets suspended, and they could be denied access to games.

It comes as the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) said it will be making an official complaint to gardaí in the coming days over social media accounts based in Ireland linked to the racist abuse of Munster rugby's Edwin Edogbo. The 23-year-old was born and raised in Cobh to Nigerian parents.