SCOTLAND rugby star Nick De Luca has cancelled his Twitter account after being made a hate figure by a group of fans.

The player, sin-binned in last weekend's match, took the decision to withdraw from the social networking site after receiving a torrent of abuse.

The messages, which included insults of a highly personal nature, were sent after Scotland were defeated by Wales.

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