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South Sydney intend to file a police report after a teenage NRL fan allegedly racially abused fullback Latrell Mitchell at halftime of the Rabbitohs' loss to Penrith.

Rabbitohs club officials told reporters the fan targeted Mitchell with a racist comment on Thursday as he walked up the tunnel at BlueBet Stadium and into the dressing sheds.

The fan allegedly left the scene after making the comment but a man who had been sitting with him, believed to have been his father, was ejected by security.

The spectator in question wore the jersey of an NRL club that did not feature in the fixture, according to the Rabbitohs.

A proud Birrbay and Wiradjuri man, Mitchell has been faced racial taunts in the past and in April 2021, two men were charged for sending him racially abusive social media messages.

The NRL confirmed to AAP that the Integrity Unit had already opened an investigation into the incident.

After the Rabbitohs' 16-10 loss, Demetriou delivered an impassioned plea for the NRL to ban the alleged offender and his parents from attending future games.

"This is not something Latrell just cops on the footy field, this is something he's had to deal with his whole life. All Indigenous people do," Demetriou said.

"I can't get my head around it to be honest, I don't understand in Australia how anyone can be raised like that.

"There has to be hard and fast rules, if anyone comes close to getting racial they are completely ruled out of our game. If it's a young kid, pull his parents out as well. It's just not on."

The Panthers are working with the NRL to investigate the incident, with the Rabbitohs determined in their pursuit of justice.

"From what I understand, security have done a great job identifying who it is, the club has done a great job of identifying who it is and now we'll take it through the police," Demetriou said.

"We'll go all the way, as far as we can with it. As a club, we'll stand right by Latrell. It's just not on. As far as I'm concerned, we go as far as we can take it."

The Panthers released a brief statement to confirm they would assist the NRL in their investigation but did not provide further details.

"As far as I know, the club's all over it," Panthers coach Ivan Cleary said.

"An investigation will take place.

"Hopefully they can all get to the bottom of it."

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo condemned the incident in a statement of his own late Thursday night.

"Any form of racism or vilification will not be tolerated in our sport. We will not accept this behaviour from anyone," Abdo said in a statement provided to AAP.

"We are working with the stadium and the club to get all the facts. The Integrity Unit will investigate fully.

"We will stand behind our players and commend them for calling out this behaviour."

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Usman Khawaja's resilient century has put Australia into a position of dominance after the tourists enjoyed a rare day of impressive batting against India in the fourth Test.

Australia are on track to post their best total of the series after Khawaja starred with an unbeaten 104 to help the tourists to 4-255 at stumps on day one in Ahmedabad.

Khawaja batted through the entire day in sweltering conditions on a memorable opening to the Border-Gavaskar series finale as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in the stadium named after him.

The classy left-hander batted patiently, with his unbeaten innings coming from 251 balls, to bring up his 14th Test century and first in India.

"I don't think I've ever smiled so much on getting a century, there was emotion in it. I've done two tours of India before, carried the drinks for eight Test matches before I got a chance here," Khawaja said.

"Throughout the middle of my career I got told I couldn't play spin and that's why I never got an opportunity to play in India."

Allrounder Cameron Green (49 no) helped lift Australia's run-rate with some outstanding, free-flowing batting in the last session.

The tourists went to tea at 2-149, as Khawaja and acting captain Steve Smith (38) became the first pair from either team to bat through an entire session during this series.

But Smith (38) and Peter Handscomb (17) departed in quick succession after tea, giving India some hope of running through Australia in front of a big home crowd.

Australia's best total of the series is 263 in their first innings of the second Test in Delhi, with India smashing 400 en route to a big victory in the series opener in Nagpur.

The first three Tests all finished in less than three days but this appears to be a more traditional wicket after the pitch in Indore was hit with a "poor" rating from the ICC.

The final Test of the series started after a bizarre political rally before the match involving the prime ministers of both countries.

The coin toss was delayed by four minutes to accommodate the extravagant meeting between Modi and Albanese.

Both leaders did a lap of honour in a hovercraft with bats and stumps on the back of it as they celebrated "75 years of friendship through cricket".

Khawaja and Travis Head (32) put on Australia's best opening partnership of the series, 61, after Smith won the toss and batted first.

But the aggressive Head, who was promoted to open when David Warner left the tour mid-series due to a broken elbow, went for one big shot too many and was caught at mid-on from the bowling of star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (1-57).

Marnus Labuschange's disappointing debut Test tour of India continued when the world's No.1-ranked batter was bowled, chopping on to seamer Mohammed Shami for three.

It was an impressive second spell from Shami (2-65), who bowled a stunning wide with the first ball of the match in scenes reminiscent of England quick Steve Harmison spraying the opening delivery of the 2006-07 Ashes.

India are desperate to bounce back from losing in Indore and to seal their spot in the World Test Championship final with a 3-1 series win.

If the hosts do make the WTC decider, they will meet Australia at The Oval in London in June after the tourists secured their place last week.

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Fourteen school children are in hospital after they and eight of their classmates ate an "unknown substance" on a morning school bus.

Police and the education department are investigating how 22 students, aged between eight and 12, ingested the substance, reportedly in lollies, before feeling unwell upon arrival at Bluewater State School in Townsville.

Paramedics assessed 16 children who were suffering similar symptoms including nausea, little abdominal pain, and lightheadedness.

"A lot them were saying, in children's words, they're crook in the tummy, they feel like they're going to vomit and feeling a little dizzy," Queensland Ambulance Service supervisor David Wright said.

Paramedics rushed six of the children to Townsville University Hospital before transporting another eight soon afterwards.

All 14 students were in a stable condition as medics monitored their vital signs, with toxicology tests also being conducted.

"Obviously for children it could be quite daunting, but they're all mild symptoms at this moment," Mr Wright said.

"They're all doing the best they can."

The other eight students who ate the substance stayed at the school but remained under observation.

Bluewater State School said it could not provide further details due to "privacy issues".

"Bluewater State School holds the safety of students and staff as its highest priority," it posted to Facebook.

"The department is aware of an incident that occurred today at Bluewater State School which required the assistance of emergency services.

"School staff acted quickly to attend to the students while the Queensland Ambulance Service and parents were contacted."

Guidance counselling will be offered to the children involved.

© AAP 2023