luther burrell!the former england centre made an impact off it, claiming he'd experienced racism in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club, newcastle falcons, and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds... do you have a sense of relief at that finding? yes, i do, because it's been a tough 8—10 months. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so, it was almost like people needed proof and now this summary has come out, people will understand that. i'm proud of what i've done. what i said has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle says it didn't have access to the player's whatsapp group in which the racist language was posted and that the two other incidents of verbal abuse occurred on a night out and away trip. the inquiry which interviewed more than 90 past and present employees of the club said the abuse was hurtful and undermined to call anybo

luther burrell!er england centre made an impact off it, claiming he'd experienced racism in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club, newcastle falcons, and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds, on balance of probability, the allegations made are true, but there's insufficient evidence to say whether all the allegations occurred at the club, apart from a whatsapp message which contained a racist comment. do you have a sense of relief at that finding? yes, i do. i do, because it's been a tough sort of eight to ten months. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so it was almost like people needed proof. and now this summary has come out, people will understand that. i'm proud of what i've done, what i was saying has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle says it didn't have access to the players�* whatsapp group in which the racist language was

turning to rugby now — and the former england player luther burrell says he feels proud for speakingootball union found his claims of racist abuse during his time at newcastle falcons were true. burrell has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan 0n the pitch, luther burrell was a powerful presence, but last year the former england centre made an impact off it, claiming he had experienced racism in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club newcastle falcons and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds... do you have a sense of relief at that finding? yes, i do, because it's been a tough 8—10 months. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so, it was almost like people needed proof and now this summary has come out, people will understand that. i'm proud of what i've done. what i said has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle says it didn't have access to the player's whatsapp group in which the racist language was posted and th

luther burrrell speaking to dan roan. the rfu says burrellmpted it to fast—track i know you've talked about the racism you've experienced what did you make of what luther had to say? was absolutely shocking. it's 2023, the world has moved on. yeah, i've experienced things like that, i've experienced things like that, i've experienced far worse. but in a different time but i never want luther to have to name and shame people, you get the most progress not what we name and shame it's when people hold their hands up and say, i was wrong. i'm calling out to the person, if he is listening who said that to luther burrell, you can do so much by doing that. that's the plea. luther burrell, has experience, he's been brave enough to talk about it and let's go in another five years' time and look at things have gotten any better. it's a can be in my heart to know that a man who has played for his country and done so much on the field can now be, you know, referred to as a person who experienced this we are narrowing our perception of him. i wouldn't...

luther burrell!aiming he'd experienced racism in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club, newcastle falcons, and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds, on balance of probability, the allegations made a true, but there's insufficient evidence to say whether all the allegations occurred at the club, apart from a whatsapp message which contained a racist comment. the player was found to be subject to a further two specific incidents of racial abuse — both were verbal. do you have a sense of relief at that finding? yes, i do. i do, because it's been a tough sort of eight to ten months. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so it was almost like people needed proof. and now this summary has come out, people will understand that. i'm proud of what i've done, what i was saying has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle says it didn't have access to

former england rugby star luther burrell says he's "proud" after a rugby football union investigationng he wasn't looking for retribution. his club at the time, newcastle falcons say " had reports of this nature been made to hr or management they would have been dealt with in the appropriate manner. going forward the club will focus on education as recommended in the report". it comes as the english rfu launch an inclusion and diversity action plan for the elite game. the one off test match between bangladesh and ireland in mirpur is finely poised after the opening day.ireland won the toss and elected to bat but despite a half century from debutant harry tector. it was left arm spinner taijul islam who stole the show for the hosts with figures of 5/58. in response bangladesh were reduced to sa for 2 at stumps as ireland look for a first ever win in their fourth test match since becoming a full member of the international cricket council in 2017. in the indian premier league — defending champion gujarat titans beat the delhi capitals by six wickets to make it consecutive wins. this was

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