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World Rugby has concluded there may be “inadequate proof” to recommend that South Africa’s Bongi Mbonambi racially abused England’s Tom Curry.
A press release learn: “World Rugby has undertaken a evaluation of allegations made by England’s Tom Curry in relation to the usage of discriminatory language by South Africa’s Mbongeni Mbonambi in the course of the England versus South Africa Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final on Saturday together with an additional allegation introduced ahead in current days a couple of earlier match within the Autumn Nations Sequence 2022.
“Any allegation of discrimination is taken extraordinarily severely by World Rugby, warranting a radical investigation. Having thought of all of the obtainable proof, together with match footage, audio and proof from each groups, the governing physique has decided that there’s inadequate proof right now to proceed with prices. Subsequently, the matter is deemed closed except further proof involves gentle.
“You will need to observe that World Rugby accepts that Tom Curry made the allegations in good religion, and that there isn’t any suggestion that the allegation was intentionally false or malicious.
“World Rugby can be involved by the social media abuse that each gamers have been subjected to this week. There isn’t a place in rugby or society for discrimination, abuse or hate speech, and World Rugby urges followers to embrace the game’s values of respect, integrity and solidarity.”
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