Raiders' Tom Starling condemned social media abuse targeting his partner after a match incident, urging trolls to focus on players instead.
Raiders star Tom Starling has called out an ugly rant from a social media troll that included abuse aimed at his partner after his scuffle with Tigers flyer Sunia Turuva.
In the aftermath of the Tigers' 33-14 win at Leichhardt oval, Starling and Turuva were caught in a heated moment and had to be separated by teammates, but the pair left it on the field.
However, Starling and his partner were subjected to disgusting abuse from a social media user, who launched an ugly attack on the Raiders star's Instagram account.
Starling published the ugly comments on his Instagram story calling out the vile behaviour.
"Say what you want about the players, leave women out of it, don't be this guy," Starling wrote on his Instagram story.