Nigel Owens reacts to BBC's 'Nigel Owens is a gay' subtitling error

BBC Sport have explained the reason for the error.

Wed, 28 Feb, 2018 - 12:39

Stephen Barry

Nigel Owens has enjoyed a laugh at a BBC subtitling error which occurred during Scotland's shock defeat of England on Saturday, writes Stephen Barry.

The voice-recognition software produced the phrase "Nigel Owens is a gay" during Andrew Cotter's live commentary on Owens' sin-binning of Sam Underhill.

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