"Argentina have lodged a complaint and called for an investigation into the alleged tunnel scuffle involving the England flanker Tom Curry and their head coach, Felipe Contepomi, after Sunday's game at Twickenham. In an extraordinary press conference after England's 27-23 victory, Contepomi described Curry as a bully and accused the flanker of shoving him in the tunnel and telling him to fuck off."
"He came off in the tunnel and he gave me a little smack. I'm 48. [It was] not a smack, a push, a hit here on the chest. So maybe it is his nature, I don't know. Probably those are the guys we are rewarding and we praise. Maybe that's where we want rugby to go, I don't know. How old is he 27? He is strong and I am 48 and he comes and just shoves me."
"I was standing there [in the tunnel] and he was coming and wanted to say hi to one of our coaches but we said no because we were upset. He was reckless and broke our player's knee. I know it is rugby but if we don't look after each other in rugby, it could be dangerous. He was coming [into the tunnel] and [we] said: Mate, you broke his knee,' and he said: F*** off,' and pushed me."
Argentina have lodged a complaint and called for an investigation into a tunnel scuffle involving Tom Curry and coach Felipe Contepomi after the Twickenham match. Contepomi described Curry as a bully, alleging Curry shoved him in the tunnel and told him to "fuck off." Contepomi said Curry's tackle recklessly broke Juan Cruz Mallia's knee; Mallia has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Curry was penalised for the tackle and was surrounded by angry Argentina players after the match. A 24-hour citing window exists for Six Nations Rugby, organiser of the Autumn Nations Series, to bring action and begin disciplinary proceedings.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]