{"id":223642,"date":"2023-10-24T02:57:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T02:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223642"},"modified":"2023-10-24T02:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T02:57:36","slug":"world-rugby-to-review-tom-currys-claim-of-being-called-white-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/sport\/world-rugby-to-review-tom-currys-claim-of-being-called-white-c\/","title":{"rendered":"World Rugby to review Tom Curry&apos;s claim of being called &apos;white c***&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>RFU lodges complaint after England flanker\u00a0Tom Curry claimed he was called a &#8216;white c***&#8217; by South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0Bongi Mbonambi &#8211; prompting an investigation by World Rugby<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Rugby has launched an investigation following Tom Curry&#8217;s claim<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Curry claimed he was called a\u00a0&#8216;white c***&#8217; by South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0Bongi Mbonambi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But speculation is mounting that the hooker&#8217;s comments were lost in translation\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World Rugby have launched an investigation into the Springboks ahead of the World Cup final after England flanker Tom Curry claimed he had been the victim of racial abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Hooker Bongi Mbonambi is alleged to have made discriminatory comments during South Africa&#8217;s semi-final victory over England on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Curry approached referee Ben O&#8217;Keeffe in the 28th minute and was heard to say over the ref mic: &#8216;Sir, sir, if their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>An official investigation was launched on Monday lunchtime before the Springbok management defended Mbonambi&#8217;s character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is being dealt with by World Rugby and SA Rugby at the moment so from my side I can&#8217;t really comment on that. I focus on the scrums,&#8217; said scrum coach Daan Human.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/21\/76907417-0-image-a-1_1698091588037.jpg\" height=\"511\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>World Rugby have launched an investigation after Tom Curry (right) claimed\u00a0Bongi Mbonambi (left) called him a &#8216;white c***&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/21\/76907495-0-image-a-2_1698091623471.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0Daan Human defended the character of\u00a0Mbonambi during a press conference<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He had perfect training this afternoon, had a good training and he is participating in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bongi has been part of this group of six years, he started in the last World Cup and he started in the semi-final so he is very important, like all the other players in our group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is one of the leaders in our group and a great, great guy. I know his kids, my kids always look after his kids when they come to the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is very humble guy, very down to earth like the other players and they should be if they want to play for the Springboks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is a calm guy, a very calm guy, well-spoken.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/21\/76907521-0-image-a-4_1698091680752.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/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><span>Mail Sport<\/span> understands that the RFU lodged a complaint with the tournament authorities, in relation to the alleged outburst by Mbonambi.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa fans on social media have suggested that Mbonambi may have said in Afrikaans &#8216;wit kant&#8217;, meaning &#8216;white side&#8217; in a reference to England&#8217;s shirts and where the ball was.<\/p>\n<p>The Springboks have already lost hooker Malcolm Marx to injury and have two flankers &#8211; Deon Fourie and Marco van Staden &#8211; providing back up.<\/p>\n<p>They face the All Blacks in Saturday night&#8217;s final and Human insisted he is happy with the team&#8217;s depth, adding: &#8216;We have three hookers in the group, three guys who are comfortable with playing hooker. If you go into a final you must have two hookers in the 23.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12663469\/RFU-lodges-complaint-England-flanker-Tom-Curry-claimed-called-white-c-South-Africas-Bongi-Mbonambi-prompting-investigation-World-Rugby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RFU lodges complaint after England flanker\u00a0Tom Curry claimed he was called a &#8216;white c***&#8217; by South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0Bongi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Rugby to review Tom Curry&amp;apos;s claim of being called &amp;apos;white c***&amp;apos; 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