Scrutiny on Curry overshadows England vs Argentina in Rugby World Cup third-place game
1 year, 5 months ago

Scrutiny on Curry overshadows England vs Argentina in Rugby World Cup third-place game

Associated Press  

It’s a match no team wants to play, no matter what the players or coaches say in public. Yet the Rugby World Cup third-place game between England and Argentina on Friday might feel even more insignificant for the English, given an uncomfortable build-up centered almost entirely on Tom Curry and his allegation of racial abuse by an opponent that has been dismissed by the sport’s governing body. World Rugby said on Thursday it found no evidence that South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi directed discriminatory remarks at Curry in the teams’ semifinal on Saturday. “To make a statement like that isn’t easy, to call out stuff like that isn’t easy and as he has seen this week, when you do something courageous like that you put yourself out there.” Argentina, which was demolished 44-6 by New Zealand in the semifinals, is playing in the bronze medal match for the third time in the last five editions of the World Cup. ARGENTINA vs. ENGLAND The teams met on the second day of the World Cup — England won 27-10 despite playing from the third minute with 14 men after Curry’s red card — and now go head-to-head again on the second-to-last day of the tournament.

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