'We'll have a yarn': Big Nasty deals with racial taunt

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Nelson Asofa-Solomona is weighing up whether to purse claims of racial taunting against him in an explosive aftermath to his victory over Paul Gallen.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona will consult his team before deciding whether to pursue claims of racial taunting against him in the wild aftermath to the Big Nasty's devastating victory over Paul Gallen.

As Gallen confirmed his retirement and thanked well wishers for their support on Saturday following his release from hospital, Asofa-Solomona was copping a barrage of online abuse for going at a heckler in the crowd following his first-round knockout win.

The dual Melbourne Storm premiership-winning enforcer apologised for losing his head "in the heat of the moment" and jumping over the ring to lash out at the spectator.

The two-metre tall, 140kg man mountain pulled back instead of landing a huge right hander on the sledger, like the half-a-dozen in which he savagely ended Gallen's career on Friday night.

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