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Maro Itoje has praised the courage of his England rugby teammate Tom Curry after the conclusion of the investigation into Curry’s allegation that Bongi Mbonambi directed a racial slur at him egame
World Rugby announced a conclusion to their investigation into the matter this morning citing a lack of evidence, a decision described by both England head coach Steve Borthwick and the Rugby egame Football Union (RFU) as “deeply disappointing” egame
Curry had accused Mbonambi, the South Africa hooker, of calling him a “white c***” during last Saturday’s final, and separately having also made a remark towards him during the autumn international egame between the two nations last November egame
Both England and Sale Sharks have condemned the abuse and threats that their player has received as a result of making his allegation during last Saturday’s World Cup semi-final egame
And Itoje has said it is “disgraceful” that “the innocent party” in the matter had been targeted in such a way egame
Maro Itoje has praised Tom Curry’s courage (Getty Images)“Tom is the innocent party in this respect,” Itoje said egame
“He is the victim of the situation egame
For him to have this abuse is disgraceful egame
“I think Tom has been tremendous egame
He’s been courageous to do what he’s done in the manner he’s done it, through proper channels, conducting himself in a manner he should be proud of egame
“Definitely as teammates, we are proud of him egame
To do that isn’t easy egame
To make a statement like that isn’t easy egame
To call out stuff like that isn’t easy egame
“As you’ve seen this week, when you do something courageous like that, you put yourself out there egame
He’s been absolutely fantastic in that regard egame
”The RFU issued a statement immediately after World Rugby released their decision saying they were “deeply disappointed” that a full disciplinary hearing had not been held egame
That sentiment was echoed by Borthwick a day ahead of England’s bronze medal match against Argentina egame
“The RFU expressed great disappointment at World Rugby’s decision and that disappointment is shared by Tom, his teammates, the management team and everyone associated with this team,” Borthwick stressed egame
“Tom Curry has done nothing wrong, let’s be clear on that egame
We have got a victim of a situation who has not been able to have his voice heard egame
“By World Rugby’s decision, they have denied the victim of the situation, Tom Curry, [a chance] to have his voice heard egame
That’s where the disappointment really comes in egame
”Mbonambi has been picked to start for South Africa in the World Cup final against New Zealand egame
Curry, meanwhile, will start on the blindside for England at the Stade de France on Friday night egame
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When the final whistle blew, when Manchester United were European Cup winners at last, their captain’s initial reaction was not to celebrate egame
Bobby Charlton’s hands sank to his knees in exhaustion, rather than going up into the Wembley sky in jubilation egame
He had been a match-winner, bookending the 4-1 victory over Benfica with the first and last goals, but perhaps it was not the fatigue of 120 minutes’ work as much of the previous decade egame
He collapsed in his hotel room afterwards, unable to get to the door on his first few attempts egame
In the wake of United’s greatest triumph, teammate David Sadler recalled Charlton and Sir Matt Busby looking drained egame
The United manager’s epic, tragic quest had been realised, but the dinner marking their 1968 European Cup win offered reminders of the cost egame
While Charlton could not make it downstairs, Johnny Berry was there, and he had not played since 1958 egame
So was Kenny Morgans, whose career had not recovered from events 10 years earlier egame
The parents of Duncan Edwards were there and Charlton, who always deferred to a player who felt both teammate and hero, must have thought it should have been him lifting the European Cup instead egame
He played with George Best and against Pele but declared Edwards was the best player he ever saw egame
Instead, it was Charlton who was arguably the greatest-ever English egame footballer egame
He has died at 86 after he cheated death at 20 egame
His life and career were defined by the 1966 World Cup, the 1968 European Cup and the 1958 Munich air disaster egame
Twenty-three people lost their lives, including eight Manchester United players egame
Charlton did not and, the way a private man told it in his autobiography, had either survivor’s guilt or a survivor’s question: why me?He carried the weight of history on his shoulders thereafter egame
He was the last of the United contingent on the plane who was still alive; half a century earlier, he had been the last who was still in the team egame
He achieved what they could, and should, have done egame
Edwards would surely have been a World Cup winner in 1966; perhaps Charlton’s great friend Eddie Colman too egame
The Busby Babes looked a team destined to conquer Europe, possibly even at the expense of Alfredo di Stefano’s Real Madrid egame
Charlton had scored the last two goals a group of youthful cavaliers mustered together, in the 3-3 draw against Red Star Belgrade, before their route back to England came via Germany egame
“In Munich in 1958, I learned that even miracles come at a price,” Charlton wrote decades later egame
“Mine, until the day I die, is the tragedy that robbed me of so many of my dearest friends, who happened to be my teammates egame
”RecommendedManchester United and England great Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton live: Latest reaction and tributes after England and Man Utd legend dies, aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton’s glorious career in picturesIt was inevitable that, when United became England’s first European champions, Charlton’s thoughts turned to “the snowy airfield and Matt Busby and his team, our friends, down and destroyed” egame
His survival surprised even his rescuer egame
Some players, worried by two failed attempts to take off, looking for somewhere safer, changed seats on the plane egame
Side by side, Charlton and Dennis Viollet did not egame
They were flung 50 yards from the plane egame
Harry Gregg, the goalkeeper and hero, found them lying in a pool of water, initially assumed both were dead and dragged their bodies into their seats; like rag dolls, he later said egame
Charlton was unconscious for about 10 minutes egame
After that, he stumbled past Colman, not even recognising his late friend egame
Gregg got a shock when he turned around and saw Charlton and Viollet standing, alive egame
Sir Bobby Charlton became a legend of the game with England and Manchester United (PA Archive)He played again, 25 days after Munich, went to the first of his four World Cups that summer, albeit without playing, and scored 29 goals the next season egame
He carried on, brilliantly, securing not just one place in history but a multitude egame
Charlton spent decades as the record scorer for both United and England, before losing both records to Wayne Rooney, and with the most appearances for his club, until Ryan Giggs passed him egame
It would have been an astonishing career without the context egame
The style with which he played, the cannonball of a shot that made him a specialist at the spectacular, helped cement United’s reputation for attacking egame football egame
Charlton is united at Old Trafford with Denis Law and Best, the holy trinity of European egame Footballers of the Year immortalised in a statue, but these entertainers were different egame
There was a generational divide egame between Best, that icon of the Swinging Sixties, and Charlton, who came of age in the more austere Fifties egame
The Trinity Statue outside Old Trafford of Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law (Getty)Like Busby, the manager who was read the last rites, the Englishman was old before his time egame
He had a naturally serious look, his face only lighting up in joy when he scored, and his past explained why egame
Even winning the World Cup left him with unfinished business egame
United, their golden generation broken, took years to return to the European Cup egame
When they did, the 1966 semi-final defeat to Partizan Belgrade left Busby distraught egame
“We will never win the European Cup now,” he said egame
But two years later, they were back in a semi-final egame
Only three Munich survivors remained: Charlton, Busby and Bill Foulkes, who had captained them in their first game afterwards, returning to the pitch 13 days later egame
A decade on, the 36-year-old centre-back, who had spent the semi-final second leg against Real urging Nobby Stiles to stay back, took it upon himself to gallop into the box at the Bernabeu egame
“Unquestionably the last man any of us wanted to see on the end of a George Best cross,” as Charlton recalled, swept in his last goal as a egame footballer to book United’s place in the final egame
Sir Bobby (second right) scored 49 goals for England (PA Archive)There was a different kind of improbability then egame
Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header egame
A great left-footer scored his second goal with his right, a near-post finish egame
For Charlton and Busby, it was the end of something, an achievement dedicated to others, required because of their memories of those who were not around to see it egame
They had the potential for greatness and it was wrenched from them amid the flames of a plane crash egame
And, from the ashes of tragedy, Bobby Charlton turned his talents into the two trophies that mattered most and meant something more to him egame
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