England players racially abused during second Test win over Argentina

England's players were racially abused during their second Test triumph implicit Argentina successful San Juan connected 12 July.

Team officials lodged a ailment to governing assemblage World Rugby implicit the incidental that occurred erstwhile the visitors' replacements were warming up successful the archetypal half.

England's 7 replacements for the lucifer were Curtis Langdon, Beven Rodd, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Chandler Cunningham-South, Guy Pepper, Alex Dombrandt, Jack van Poortvliet and Cadan Murley.

"While it is wide that an incidental took place, we regret that the individuals liable could not beryllium identified," said World Rugby, adding their probe included witnesser statements and video analysis.

"Intense efforts were made to place the tiny radical of 5 oregon 7 individuals liable wrong a assemblage of implicit 20,000 spectators," said Gabriel Travaglini, president of the Union Argentina de Rugby (UAR).

"Unfortunately, contempt an exhaustive search, it was not imaginable to place the perpetrators.

"We powerfully condemn each acts of racism and basal successful solidarity with the England rugby players who felt aggrieved."

He added that the UAR would enactment with World Rugby to amended fans.

There person been respective caller high-profile cases of discriminatory behaviour successful Argentine sport.

In 2020, Pablo Matera and Guido Petti, some of whom played successful the lucifer successful San Juan, were suspended from the squad aft racist remarks they had made connected societal media respective years earlier were unearthed.

In 2024, Chelsea footballer Enzo Fernandez apologised to team-mates aft being filmed joining successful with a chant that questioned the practice of France's achromatic and mixed contention players.

"Rugby wholly condemns discriminatory behaviour of immoderate kind," said World Rugby president Brett Robinson.

"We connection our afloat enactment to the players progressive and privation them to cognize that rugby stands with them successful opposing racism. I applaud their courageousness successful raising what indispensable person been a highly distressing experience."

England bushed the United States 40-5 successful Washington DC connected Saturday to guarantee a cleanable expanse of 3 wins from 3 matches connected their summertime tour.