Published: December 03, 2020
- Three players posted xenophobic comments on social media
- Captain Pablo Matera and two others have suspensions lifted
The Argentina Rugby Union (UAR) has rescinded its sanction against captain Pablo Matera and two players who posted racial and xenophobic comments on social media and were left out of the team for Saturday’s Tri-Nations match against Australia.
Matera was stripped of the captaincy and, along with fellow forwards, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino, suspended for comments posted between 2011 and 2013 that disparaged Black people and those from other South American nations. UAR said the players’ apologies, combined with their good behaviour in the years since the comments were posted, meant the suspension could be lifted.
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