{"id":295228,"date":"2023-10-26T07:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295228"},"modified":"2023-10-26T07:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:53:59","slug":"rugby-world-cup-ace-accused-of-racial-slur-v-england-avoids-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-league\/rugby-world-cup-ace-accused-of-racial-slur-v-england-avoids-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup ace accused of ‘racial slur’ v England avoids punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"

England team train ahead of Rugby World Cup Bronze Final match against Argentina<\/h3>\n

World Rugby have announced that there is \u2018insufficient evidence\u2019 to suggest that South Africa\u2019s Bongi Mbonambi racially abused England\u2019s Tom Curry last weekend in the World Cup semi-finals. Curry accused the Springboks hooker of calling him a \u2018white c***\u2019 during his side\u2019s defeat and was heard asking referee Ben O\u2019Keeffe how he could report the matter midway through the first half of the match.<\/p>\n

After the match, Curry refused to speak out on the matter after being asked whether Mbonambi had said something that he shouldn\u2019t have, with World Rugby promptly announcing that they would look into the matter once an official complaint was filed.<\/p>\n

The organisation have now revealed that they have reviewed the allegations made by Curry and have ruled that they did not find sufficient evidence \u2018at this time\u2019 to charge Mbonambi with discrimination.<\/p>\n

Their statement read: \u201cWorld Rugby has undertaken a review of allegations made by England’s Tom Curry in relation to the use of discriminatory language by South Africa’s Mbongeni Mbonambi during the England versus South Africa Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final on Saturday along with a further allegation brought forward in recent days about a previous match in the Autumn Nations Series 2022.<\/p>\n

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“Any allegation of discrimination is taken extremely seriously by World Rugby, warranting a thorough investigation. Having considered all the available evidence, including match footage, audio and evidence from both teams, the governing body has determined that there is insufficient evidence at this time to proceed with charges. Therefore, the matter is deemed closed unless additional evidence comes to light.<\/p>\n

“It is important to note that World Rugby accepts that Tom Curry made the allegations in good faith, and that there is no suggestion that the allegation was deliberately false or malicious.<\/p>\n