{"id":296962,"date":"2023-11-12T00:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296962"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:26:33","slug":"england-star-tom-curry-breaks-silence-on-bongi-mbonambi-racism-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-league\/england-star-tom-curry-breaks-silence-on-bongi-mbonambi-racism-accusation\/","title":{"rendered":"England star Tom Curry breaks silence on Bongi Mbonambi racism accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>South Africa win the 2023 Rugby World Cup<\/h3>\n<p>England star Tom Curry has doubled down on his allegation that South Africa&#8217;s Bongi Mbonambi called him a &#8216;white c***&#8217;. The two teams faced off in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, with the Springboks prevailing 16-15 before going on to win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t really want to speak about it from the start,&#8221; Curry told The Daily Mail. &#8220;For me, on both occasions, the ball was out of play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Me and Bongi were talking and there\u2019s no misunderstanding from my part. I went to the referee straight away. I heard what I heard. That\u2019s all I really want to say about it and I won\u2019t really be talking about it again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/69\/590x\/secondary\/Tom-Curry-Bongi-Mbonambi-5060250.jpg?r=1699644094982\"><\/p>\n<p>MORE TO FOLLOW<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news and breaking news visit:\u00a0express.co.uk\/sport\/football. 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