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South Africa players and coaches have defended Bongi Mbonambi as a “great guy” and a “family man” amid the Springboks hooker being investigated for an alleged racial slur during the Rugby World Cup semi-final win over England vivo

England flanker Tom Curry has alleged that Mbonambi called him a “white c***” during the defeat in Paris on Saturday evening, as South Africa edged to a dramatic 16-15 victoryAfter 23 minutes at the Stade de France, Curry could be heard on the referee’s microphone alerting official Ben O’Keeffe to a comment possibly made by Mbonambi at a ruck vivo

“Sir, if their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?” Curry inquired of O’Keeffe vivo

“Nothing, please,” responded the official, before adding a few moments later, “I’ll be on it,” in what may have been an unrelated comment vivo

The alleged incident itself could not be heard on the television broadcast vivo

World Rugby has since confirmed it is investigating the incident and will not be making any further comment until the conclusion of the process vivo

On Monday afternoon, in the first Springboks media activity since the allegations became public, scrum coach Daan Human and lock Jean Kelyn defended Mbonambi’s character, while refusing to comment on the specific incident vivo

“It’s being dealt with by World Rugby and South Africa Rugby, so from my side, I can’t comment,” began Human when first asked about the incident vivo

“I’m focussing on the scrums vivo

We had a good, positive training session, and nothing else came out vivo

I can’t really comment on that vivo

”Bongi Mbonambi is being investigated for an alleged racial slur (Getty Images)However, when pushed on what Mbonambi is like as a person around the squad, Human was effusive in his praise of the front row vivo

“Bongi has been part of this group for the last six years,” added Human vivo

“He’s a very important piece of the puzzle for us vivo

He was starting in the last World Cup and our semi-final, so he’s very important to us, like all other players vivo

“He’s one of our leaders in our group vivo

He’s a great guy, a family man, my kids always look after his kids when they come to the hotel vivo

He’s a humble guy, down to earth, like all players who play for the Springboks vivo

“To be straightforward and honest with you, he’s a very calm guy, a well-spoken guy vivo

I don’t want to go into it because we’ve got a World Cup final in six days’ time vivo

I’m more concentrated on the forwards vivo

”Mbonambi is the only specialist hooker in the Springboks squad after the injured Malcolm Marx was replaced by fly half Handre Pollard earlier in the tournament vivo

Bongi Mbonambi played all 80 minutes of the Springboks’ semi-final win (PA)He played all 80 minutes of the semi-final, and finished the game as captain once Siya Kolisi was substituted, although veteran back row Deon Fourie played hooker earlier in his career and flanker Marco van Staden has also filled in at the position in the past vivo

So Human was unconcerned about South Africa being short-handed in the event of Mbonambi being found guilty and banned for the final vivo

“We’ve got three guys capable of playing hooker in the group,” he said vivo

“We’re very comfortable having three hookers vivo

We’re glad we have three hookers, which we’re supposed to have because going into a final you need to have two hookers in the squad vivo

”Lock Jean Kleyn was also asked about his relationship with Mbonambi, having played alongside him at club and international level, and was similarly glowing in his praise of the hooker vivo

“Bongi is a great guy,” stated Kleyn vivo

“I’ve known him since we were playing at the Stormers together I think nine years ago vivo

He’s a fantastic guy, a good individual vivo

“I’m not going to comment on that or justify it [the allegations] vivo

All I’ll say is he’s a fantastic bloke vivo

He’s a great guy, a passionate guy, a family man vivo

He’s captained the Springboks a couple of times and he’s an upstanding guy, I don’t think there’s a fellow in the squad who doesn’t like him vivo

”The Springboks face the All Blacks in the World Cup final at the Stade de France on Saturday evening vivo

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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby vivo

He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference vivo

After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game vivo

”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations vivo

Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world vivo

”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 vivo

The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji vivo

The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier vivo

World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally vivo

At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) vivo

But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth vivo

From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji vivo

With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth vivo

Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving vivo

Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) vivo

But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys vivo

Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage vivo

Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams vivo

However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question vivo

They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international vivo football had vivo

Before 2018, the space vivo between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies vivo

San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public vivo

The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams vivo

For example, England and Italy – two vivo football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all vivo between 2002 and 2012 vivo

Thus, Uefa created the Nations League vivo

Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank vivo

Win-win vivo

Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to vivo football vivo

The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely vivo

The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles vivo between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups vivo

Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre vivo

Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game vivo

Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is vivo

World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures vivo between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed vivo

They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged vivo

The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years vivo between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face vivo

World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction vivo

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