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Concerned rugby bosses will launch an independent inquiry into Luther Burrell’s shocking claims of racism THIS WEEK after RFU chief Bill Sweeney met the former England star to discuss his revelations
- Rugby bosses will launch an inquiry into Luther Burrell’s allegations of racism
- RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney met him to discuss his shocking revelations
- They met at Twickenham, along with the PRL and the Rugby Players Association
Concerned rugby bosses will launch an independent inquiry this week into Luther Burrell’s claims of racism after RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney met him to discuss his revelations in The Mail on Sunday that he has endured racist abuse in his career.
They first met at Twickenham, along with the Premier Rugby Limited (PRL) and the Rugby Players Association (RPA), since when Sweeney travelled to meet the England and Newcastle Falcons centre again.
Sweeney said: ‘We’ve reached an agreement with Newcastle in terms of what we have to do in there and to do the right appropriate independent review of what has happened there. It will be an RFU inquiry with an independent chair, which will be starting imminently.
Concerned rugby bosses will launch an independent inquiry into Luther Burrell’s racism claims
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney met Burrell to discuss his revelations in The Mail on Sunday
‘Luther is fully involved in that. Secondly, we are setting up a means and a process jointly with the RPA and with PRL to go out to the broader professional game and create the right environment for people to be able to feed back in their views.
‘Ellis Genge spoke about it before the Australia match, and he said that in his perception he didn’t feel that racism is rife. It is in our interests to make the…
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Source : dailymail
