{"id":295158,"date":"2023-10-25T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295158"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:25:00","slug":"sale-sharks-condemn-disgusting-abuse-directed-at-tom-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/sale-sharks-condemn-disgusting-abuse-directed-at-tom-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale Sharks condemn &apos;disgusting abuse&apos;  directed at Tom Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tom Curry&#8217;s club Sale Sharks condemn the &#8216;disgusting abuse&#8217; and backlash the flanker&#8217;s received since alleging South Africa star Bongi Mbonambi called him a &#8216;white c***&#8217; in England&#8217;s World Cup semi-final defeat<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sale Sharks said they were &#8216;appalled at the nature and level of disgusting abuse&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The England flanker has received death threats and abuse on social media\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tom Curry accused Bongi Mbonambi of calling him a &#8216;white c***&#8217; in their match&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sale Sharks have hit out at the &#8216;disgusting abuse&#8217; directed at Tom Curry on social media after he was racially abused in Saturday&#8217;s World Cup semi-final against South Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The flanker alleged he was called a &#8216;white c***&#8217; by Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi in the first half of the match and World Rugby is now investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Curry has been subjected to online threats since he made the allegation and South African fans have claimed that Mbonambi could have been speaking in Africaans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sale Sharks&#8217; owners, players, coaches and staff are absolutely appalled by the nature and level of disgusting abuse directed at Tom Curry and his family in relation to an incident in the England v South Africa World Cup semi-final,&#8217; Sale Sharks wrote on X, formerly Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone at the club stands fully and proudly behind Tom and we look forward to welcoming him back to Carrington.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76981117-0-image-a-7_1698233790989.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sale Sharks defended Tom Curry and called the online abuse towards him &#8216;disgusting&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76927751-0-England_s_Tom_Curry_pictured_next_to_South_Africa_s_Bongi_Mbonam-a-8_1698233827485.jpg\" height=\"511\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Curry said that South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0Bongi Mbonambi called him a &#8216;white c***&#8217; in the semi-final<\/p>\n<p>Sale&#8217;s director of rugby Alex Sanderson told the Telegraph: &#8216;I don&#8217;t understand how what someone does on the rugby field causes them to receive threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is disgusting. It is out of order. I am not on social media for this very reason.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said on Tuesday that Curry&#8217;s team-mates would have &#8216;got round him&#8217; and added: &#8216;I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s getting every bit of support that he needs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not sure you can ever put yourself in those shoes and know that feeling. What I do know is he&#8217;s an impressive young man who, if selected on Friday [for the third-place play-off match against Argentina], will pour everything into that England shirt as he has done on the previous 49 occasions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In England&#8217;s dramatic 15-16 loss to South Africa, Curry approached referee Ben O&#8217;Keeffe in the 28th minute of the match, and is heard to say over the ref mic: &#8216;Sir, sir, if their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Keeffe replied: &#8216;Nothing, please.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After the final whistle, there was a noticeable altercation between Curry and Mbonambi, who appeared to refuse to shake the England forward&#8217;s hand and marched off down the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed on Monday that the English Rugby Football Union had lodged an official complaint about the incident, prompting World Rugby to open an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A statement released today by World Rugby \u2013 the global governing body \u2013 said: &#8216;World Rugby takes allegations of discriminatory behaviour extremely seriously.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76927753-12670755-The_flanker_asks_referee_Ben_O_Keeffe_When_their_hooker_calls_me-a-20_1698234804259.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The flanker asked referee Ben O&#8217;Keeffe: &#8216;When their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76883073-12670755-South_African_hooker_Mbonambi_played_the_full_80_minutes_at_No_2-a-21_1698234849526.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mbonambi played the full 80 minutes at No 2 for the Springboks&#8217; win on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76890775-12670755-Supporters_suggested_he_was_saying_wit_kant_which_translates_in_-a-19_1698234755815.jpg\" height=\"227\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Supporters suggested he was saying &#8216;wit kant&#8217;, which translates in Afrikaans as &#8216;white side&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can confirm that we are formally reviewing the allegation made by England&#8217;s Tom Curry in relation to the use of discriminatory language during the England versus South Africa Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;World Rugby will not be making any further comment until the conclusion of the process.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport understands that the RFU lodged a complaint with the tournament authorities, in relation to the alleged outburst by Mbonambi.<\/p>\n<p>Some supporters in South Africa believe Mbonambi had been misheard and may have been speaking in Afrikaans. The Springboks often speak Afrikaans to hide their plans from opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their fans suggest the hooker may have been saying &#8216;wit kant&#8217; &#8211; which translates to &#8216;white side&#8217; &#8211; indicating the colour England were playing in on the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12670755\/Tom-Currys-club-Sale-Sharks-condemn-disgusting-abuse-South-Africa-star-Bongi-Mbonambi-allegedly-directed-flanker-amid-claims-called-player-white-c-Englands-World-Cup-semi-final-defeat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Curry&#8217;s club Sale Sharks condemn the &#8216;disgusting abuse&#8217; and backlash the flanker&#8217;s received since alleging South Africa star Bongi Mbonambi called him a &#8216;white c***&#8217; in England&#8217;s World Cup semi-final defeat Sale Sharks said they were &#8216;appalled at the nature and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sale Sharks condemn &amp;apos;disgusting abuse&amp;apos; 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