England flanker Tom Curry has mentioned he was racially abused by a South Africa participant throughout their Rugby World Cup semi-final in Paris on Saturday evening.
While the alleged slur just isn’t audible on the referee’s audio hyperlink, a subsequent dialog Curry had with referee Ben O’Keeffe is.
The incident is claimed to have concerned South Africa hooker Mbongeni Mbonambi.
Curry was heard saying to the referee, at concerning the half-hour mark: “Sir, if their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?”
O’Keeffe replied: “Nothing, please. I’ll be on it.”
Mbonambi refused to shake Curry’s hand on the finish of the match, which South Africa gained 16-15.
Asked after the match if Mbonambi had mentioned one thing he should not have, Curry replied “yeah”, though he declined to disclose what it was.
World Rugby has confirmed there’s a 36-hour window from when the sport ends for England to lodge a grievance to the citing officer.
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It means the deadline is 10am on Monday.
The legislation that applies in such alleged instances is 9.12 – {that a} participant should not verbally abuse anybody.
The sport’s international governing physique can even select to pursue the matter itself – by which case it’s prone to be handled underneath the banner of “bringing the game into disrepute”.
South Africa forwards coach Deon Davids was requested concerning the incident at his facet’s media briefing on Sunday morning.
“I’m not aware of that,” he mentioned.
“I’m not aware of any comment. If it was discussed, I’m not sure what the comment was or when it was said. I don’t know.”
Source: information.sky.com”