Canterbury winger Jayden Okunbor has bit back at a vile social media user who direct messaged the 24-year-old racist abuse following the Dogs' loss against the Titans on Monday night.

As reported byย The Sydney Morning Heraldย on Thursday, the back received an avalanche of expletive laden abuse from an Instagram user titled 'Paul El Azzi'.

El Azzi is believed to be a Bulldogs supporter.

The incident has been relayed directly to Canterbury officials.

Although Okunbor has openly admitted his form since returning to the first-grade side has been less than impressive, the dreadlocked Dog has publicly stated that he was always going to draw the line when he felt vilified due to his skin colour.

โ€œI understand playing in the NRL puts yourself out there to cop criticism from anyone with a phone,โ€ Okunbor posted in response to the tirade.

โ€œIโ€™m the first to admit my first few games back definitely havenโ€™t been my best and that opens me up to even more criticism.

"I can cop some of that stuff but I draw the line at racism. I canโ€™t understand how you think itโ€™s OK to attack someone because [of] the colour of their skin and think youโ€™ll get away with it.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 07: Jayden Okunbor of the Bulldogs looks on prior to the round four NRL match between the Melbourne Storm and the Canterbury Bulldogs at AAMI Park on April 07, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

โ€œWouldnโ€™t normally do this but Iโ€™ve deleted racist messages before and Iโ€™ve had enough of it. So Iโ€™m calling this out.

โ€œIโ€™m not sure of your age, but whether youโ€™re a kid or a fully grown man, youโ€™ve got a hell of a lot of learning to do.

โ€œAnd I can speak for a lot of people in the public eye, but also everyday people who put up with this shit from uneducated, ignorant people like you, do better.โ€

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Jayden Okunbor of the Bulldogs celebrates scoring a try during the 2018 NRL Intrust Super State Championship Grand Final match between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Redcliffe Dolphins at ANZ Stadium on September 30, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Speaking in the aftermath of the ugly incident, Canterbury CEO Aaron Warburton jumped to Okunbor's defense.

โ€œItโ€™s completely unacceptable behaviour,โ€ he said.

โ€œThis person doesnโ€™t have the right to call themselves a Bulldogs fan.โ€

According to Adrian Preszenko and Sarah Keoghan ofย The Sydney Morning Herald, the Bulldogs welfare staff are set to open discussions with the vilified back.

The attack on Okunbor is the latest in a depressingly long line of offensive online castigations on NRL players, with South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell abused earlier this season.

Okunbor can take solace in the knowledge that Mitchell's abuser - Daniel Robert Hudson - was brought to justice via conviction.