NRL apologises to Parramatta s Junior Paulo for inappropriate emoji in tweet
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Junior Paulo (centre) has accepted the NRL s apology.
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The NRL has apologised to Junior Paulo and promised a review of their social media processes after a tweet of the Parramatta prop alongside a gorilla emoji was posted from the league s official account.
Key points:
The tweet was posted after Paulo scored a try for the Eels against the Broncos on Friday night
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo says it was a very bad error of judgement
Paulo has accepted the NRL s apology
A tweet showing a picture of Paulo after he scored the match-sealing try against Brisbane along with the word JUNIOR with the gorilla graphic, remained online for around 30 minutes on Friday night.