AFL CHIEF Gillon McLachlan will face the media at 3pm AEST to discuss Saturday's crowd incident at Adelaide Oval.



A female member of the crowd threw a banana at Adelaide forward Eddie Betts late in Saturday night's Showdown. Port Adelaide later confirmed the action was racially motivated and placed an idefinite ban on the supporter.



The club, however, stopped short of banning the offender for life.



Port said it would meet with the female member at the centre of the controversy this week and offered her the opportunity to take part in the club's Aboriginal cultural awareness programs.

"As part of this program, Port Adelaide's Aboriginal programs manager Paul Vandenbergh and the club's seven Aboriginal players would educate her on cultural issues that continue to have an impact on the Aboriginal community today and the hurt which actions such as hers cause others," the club said in a statement on Sunday evening.

The AFL's recently appointed inclusion and social policy manager, Tanya Hosch, condemned the actions and said the League would not tolerate such conduct at its games.

"Without commenting on this specific incident in detail … the throwing of a banana and its association with slurs on indigenous Australians and other cultural groups, which has sadly occurred in sports around the world, is deeply racist and offensive, and should be rejected by every part of our game, including clubs, players, fans and supporters," Hosch said in a statement.