England have lashed out at the online abuse directed at Tom Curry after he alleged he was the victim of a racial slur by South Africa’s Bongi Mbonambi, with the team insisting he should not be in the eye of the storm for “reporting something somebody said”.
In what amounts to a staunch defence of Curry’s decision to make the allegation to the referee Ben O’Keeffe, the England head coach, Steve Borthwick, called on World Rugby and the South Africa union to deal with the matter and insisted he had no qualms about selecting the flanker for the bronze-medal match against Argentina on Friday.
