Geordan Murphy makes u-turn on rugby ‘PC’ comments

Leicester’s interim head coach Geordan Murphy has rowed back on comments he made about rugby becoming “too PC”.

Geordan Murphy makes u-turn on rugby ‘PC’ comments
Thu, 20 Sep, 2018 - 03:40
Stephen Barry

Leicester’s interim head coach Geordan Murphy has rowed back on comments he made about rugby becoming “too PC”.

The former Ireland star said he regrets his comments about an incident which saw Will Spencer sent off for a high tackle against Wasps.

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