World Rugby says further cases are pending across five jurisdictions.
WORLD RUGBY HAILED “a landmark” after a man in Australia was prosecuted for targeting a match official and his family online during last year’s World Cup in France.
The man, identified by Australian media as Aaron Isaia, a youth worker from Brisbane, pleaded guilty an online harassment charge on Monday and was handed an AUS$1,000 good behaviour bond.“World Rugby welcomes this landmark outcome,” chief executive Alan Gilpin said in a statement. “We hope that this sends a very strong message to online trolls that such behaviour is totally unacceptable and that the sport and the authorities are prepared to take action.”
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