{"id":341448,"date":"2023-10-24T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341448"},"modified":"2023-10-25T00:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:00:50","slug":"words-that-sound-like-slur-form-springboks-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341448","title":{"rendered":"Words that sound like slur form Springbok's defence"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa's sports minister mounted a defence of Springboks<\/a> player Bongi Mbonambi after he was accused of directing a racial slur at an England opponent<\/a> in their Rugby World Cup semi-final in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mbonambi, who is Black, was accused by England's Tom Curry, who is white, and World Rugby is investigating the allegation. Mbonambi's participation in the World Cup final against New Zealand could be in doubt if he's found guilty of misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cBongi Mbonambi is us. We support you Bongi,\u201d South African Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

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Although the moment when Mbonambi is meant to have made the remark is unclear, Curry can be heard during the first half of the game asking referee Ben O'Keeffe what he should do if he's the target of abuse from an opponent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNothing, please,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said in response. \u201cI\u2019ll be on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Africa won the game 16-15<\/a> with a very late penalty.<\/p>\n

Mbonambi and the Springboks have not publicly commented on the allegation against him, although South Africa scrum coach Daan Human was asked about it and how it was affecting Mbonambi's preparations for the final at a World Cup news conference on Tuesday (AEDT).<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t discussed that (with Mbonambi)," Human said. \u201cBut to be straightforward and honest with you, he is a calm guy. He is well spoken and I don\u2019t want to actually go into it because we have a World Cup final in six days\u2019 time."<\/p>\n

Some South African media have claimed the whole episode might have been lost in translation, and that Mbonambi may have been shouting a word in South Africa\u2019s Afrikaans language that sounds like the English expletive Curry accused him of using, but means something else completely.<\/p>\n

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The Afrikaans word merely means \u201cside\u201d and Mbonambi was shouting it to his teammates to warn them where the ball was and where England was going to attack, the reports said.<\/p>\n

World Rugby is under pressure to resolve the disciplinary case well in advance of the final and said it can't comment until the process has been completed.<\/p>\n

Mbonambi is the only specialist hooker in the Springboks squad after Malcolm Marx went home in the pool stage with a knee injury. South Africa has used two flankers \u2014 Deon Fourie and Marco van Staden \u2014 as reserve hookers since Marx left.<\/p>\n

Mbonambi also often steps in as captain of the Springboks late in games \u2014 as he did against England in the semifinal \u2014 when Siya Kolisi is replaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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