Steve Borthwick has condemned as “appalling” the online vitriol that has crept into rugby and forced Owen Farrell and others to step away from the international game.
“The online hate that is spread is not OK,” said England’s head coach. “For people to have to endure that, their families to have to endure that, to drive people out of the game, is just appalling. I don’t have the answers to it, but I do know it’s wrong and they’re not true rugby fans that are saying this stuff.
