Tom Curry doubles down on racism claim

 

Tom Curry doubles down on racism claim

The England flank added that the semifinal was not the first time that such language was used against him.He claimm.

That is a claied it also happened in November last year, in the Test between the two countries at Twickenham backed up by the Rugby Football Union.

About the problem he brought up with referee Ben O’Keeffe—the audio from the official’s microphone that was captured by the media and set off the entire drama—Curry remarked, “I didn’t really want to speak about it from the start.”

“For me, the ball was out of play both in November and during the World Cup.

“There was no misunderstanding on my part; Bongi and I were conversing.

“I immediately ran to the referee.

“What I heard, I heard.

“That’s all I really want to say about it and I won’t really be talking about it again.”

England versus South Africa

Mbonambi this week said the incident arose because Curry failed to realise he was speaking Afrikaans, a common practice among the Springboks to ensure opponents do not understand their messages.

“I think it is a very sad thing when you live in a first world country [England], you think the rest of the world speaks English,” he told BBC Sport Africa on Tuesday.

“It was unprofessional on their part.

They may have searched for the word in Afrikaans and English dictionaries on the internet.

“People in South Africa understood, but their side was clearly misinterpreted,”

Curry made the accusation in good faith, according to World Rugby, and there was no indication that it was “deliberately false or malicious.”

 

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