The AFL has long been debating how best to tackle racist comments from the sidelines and sledging on the field, but when it comes to footy shows the boundaries become even murkier as Sam Newman frequently proves.

But it came as a surprise to some Fox Footy lovers that Bounce host Danny "Spud" Frawley would resort to antiquated racist humour on Sunday night when mocking the historic Shanghai AFL game between Port Adelaide and Gold Coast being broadcast in China.

The show's chief host and AFL Hall of Famer Jason Dunstall introduced the segment by segueing from a discussion between Spud and Cameron Mooney about the Shanghai game by saying: "I'll tell you what was interesting, they did cut a deal to televise the game locally and to listen to the local commentary made the game very interesting." It then cut to vision of the game, with overlay commentary in an attempted Chinese-accented English, "No tackle, tackle over there, the pollock on the left", that quickly descended into gibberish.

When it cut back to the studio, Dunstall, Mooney and Brian Lake were in peals of laughter, with Mooney trying to restore some dignity by suggesting "you can't be serious".