The club have also reported the incident to Instagram and have given their full support to Tuisue who is the latest player to be the target of social media abuse prompting rugby union to join the recent blackout of social media to highlight the problem.
The London Irish statement said: “Following our Gallagher Premiership Round 18 fixture against Newcastle Falcons on Saturday, which resulted in a 52-27 defeat, one of our players, Albert Tuisue, received a racially abusive and threatening message on his Instagram account.
