A Richmond cheer squad member was banned from sitting in the cheer squad for three matches after being found to have shouted: “be consistent, you green maggot” in a Tigers game last month.

A memo by the Richmond cheer squad said the member was ejected from the MCG during Richmond’s ANZAC Day Eve 85-42 win over Melbourne for allegedly making a homophobic remark towards the umpire.

After the incident the cheer squad also said it will hold a cultural awareness session.

It was later discovered the member said “be consistent, you green maggot”, which was deemed to be “offensive and bullying”.

A Richmond spokeswoman confirmed the three-game ban was handed down by the club and cheer squad, and said the fan was "happy to take that, and we move on".