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Racism in Rugby - Event Date: 21 Oct 2022
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Originally posted by Richard Lowther Richard Lowther wrote:

Originally posted by tulip tulip wrote:

This is a topic I really got annoyed with when Luther Burrell said "Racism is rife in Rugby Union"
I've been manager of Junior teams at Sandal for many years and we have had many different ethnic  young lads play for us .Probably against Huddersfield when Burrell was playing there. 
But there was never in probably my 10 years tenure any racism whatsoever 
My son played 12 years in 1st team and never any racism 
Why would he say that  Rugby Union is racis t
 

He has obviously experienced it that's why he is saying it exists. 

Well we shall see what the RFU come out with having interviewed 100 players 
I can see it perhaps coming from touch line but not from fellow players. 
I’m called “tulip” at club by various people.Thick useless little  Irish pill ock. It’s banter 
I’m not offended They are my mates


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I have certainly witnessed racism from supporters, both of my own club (Coventry), and of their opponents. It has varied between one-off comments shouted at players, to a group of visiting supporters making monkey hootimg noises at a player whenever he came near their touchline. I have reported them and in at least two cases I know they were investigated and action taken.
It seems more prevalent with certain clubs, and there are many where I have nrvet seen it, but to say it does not exist is denying what is clearly there.
I can also remember being at a match where one incident between players where after an unpleasant assault on pitch which resulted in police involvement two players made 'mistaken' witness statements implicating an innocent coloured player - the only one in their opponents team. Police charges against him were dropped when the guilty party owned up.
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There's racism in every walk of life. It's insidious, and ingrained, to the extent that often offenders don't even realise. To think it doesn't exist in RU would be naive in the extreme.
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Originally posted by tulip tulip wrote:

This is a topic I really got annoyed with when Luther Burrell said "Racism is rife in Rugby Union"
I've been manager of Junior teams at Sandal for many years and we have had many different ethnic  young lads play for us .Probably against Huddersfield when Burrell was playing there. 
But there was never in probably my 10 years tenure any racism whatsoever 
My son played 12 years in 1st team and never any racism 
Why would he say that  Rugby Union is racis t
 

He has obviously experienced it that's why he is saying it exists. 
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This is a topic I really got annoyed with when Luther Burrell said "Racism is rife in Rugby Union"
I've been manager of Junior teams at Sandal for many years and we have had many different ethnic  young lads play for us .Probably against Huddersfield when Burrell was playing there. 
But there was never in probably my 10 years tenure any racism whatsoever 
My son played 12 years in 1st team and never any racism 
Why would he say that  Rugby Union is racis t
 


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