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 posted and t
of racist abuse during his time at newcastle falcons were true. he chose not to name players, saying it wasn t about retribution. after looking at the claims, the rfu have released further research which has found that in every area of elite rugby, players had experienced some form of racism . burrell has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. luther burrell! 0n the pitch, luther burrell was a powerful presence, but last year, 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, 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
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 occurred
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