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Racism row at the Rugby World Cup

There is a racism row in the rugby WC after England's Tom Curry told the ref that a black South African player called him a 'white c***'.'

I've seen the vid and this is probably not true. The thing is that South African rugby players speak in Afrikaans on the pitch instead of English, so the other team don't know their tactics. I'm reliably informed that 'wit kant,' (vit kont) means 'white side' in Afrikaans. So I genuinely think it was a misunderstanding.

On social media, a South African I follow pointed this out and I agreed with him. He then said that Curry's pause before complaining looked suspicious (why?). I agreed that it was probably a misunderstanding but also said that Curry was known as a decent guy and an honest player. I then got dogpiled by a hoard of angry Saffers determined to let me know that Curry was an evil Englishman and wasn't a decent guy because he 'lied' to the ref.

My final comment was: "What rhymes with the Afrikaans word for 'side' that describes most South Africans replying to me?"

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Burnley12341-45, M
Update: One of them said that Curry should apologise AND learn to speak Afrikaans if he is ever allowed to play again. 馃槅
firefall61-69, M
@Burnley123 Right. Then get accused of cheating, by evesdropping on the Afrikaans discussions of tactics - I can see that one coming a mile away.

Really, its time for the England team to bite the bullet and all learn Esperanto
Burnley12341-45, M
@firefall Exactly. When I realised that the Saffers were being arses, I was winding them up by calling Afrikaans 'poor man's Dutch for farmers.'

Interestingly enough, England had a South African fitness coach prior to the 2003 World Cup and she taught our locks Afrikaans. The Boks were hilariously confused when England kept anticipating their lineouts perfectly.