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England insist Tom Curry is ready for Friday\u2019s World Cup bronze final as squad and management rally around the flanker caught in a racism storm.<\/p>\n
World Rugby is investigating an allegation made by Curry that he was racially abused by South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi in the first half of Saturday\u2019s semi-final defeat.<\/p>\n
Curry claimed to referee Ben O\u2019Keeffe that he was called a \u201cwhite c***\u201d by Mbonambi and, after a complaint made by the Rugby Football Union, audio and video footage is being examined for evidence.<\/p>\n
If the 25-year-old is picked against Argentina on Friday night it will be his 50th cap and attack coach Richard Wigglesworth is confident the alleged incident will not be a disruption as England prepare to sign off their World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cTom is good. I know players will have got around him. Steve and the management team have been all over it. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s getting every bit of support that he needs,\u201d Wigglesworth said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure you can ever put yourself in those shoes and know that feeling. What I do know is he\u2019s an impressive young man who, if selected on Friday, will pour everything into that England shirt as he has done on the previous 49 occasions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be dealt with by World Rugby. We get stuck into our prep for Argentina. The process is the process and we have no knowledge of how long that will go on for or the outcome, but we have to get ready for Argentina.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery week there is always some sort of thing you could be distracted by. It\u2019s international rugby, there\u2019s a lot you could be distracted by. You want to be in situations where there are distractions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis distraction is different, but it\u2019s still noise that isn\u2019t about Friday night, our prep and our desire to finish in the right way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorld Rugby has been pretty vocal in following up things in the past and they need to do the same again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTom is good. I know players will have got around him. Steve and the management team have been all over it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Wigglesworth\u2019s words were echoed by Ben Earl, England\u2019s player of the World Cup who started the last two matches in the same back row as the Sale openside.<\/p>\n
\u201cTom\u2019s a brilliant team-mate, a brilliant friend of mine. He\u2019s also an incredibly resilient guy,\u201d Earl said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gives his all for the team and I know he\u2019s going to be doing that this weekend. I hope it all gets resolved very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wigglesworth was unable to shed any light on a report that defence coach Kevin Sinfield will leave England after the World Cup by mutual consent.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s defence has improved markedly during the tournament in France and they only conceded one try to world champions South Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that I\u2019ve been aware of from Kevin, so it\u2019s a hard one to comment on because it\u2019s not me who the story is about,\u201d Wigglesworth said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully there\u2019s not much in it. I\u2019m sure that post-World Cup and down the line we\u2019ll find out if there is.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a close ally of mine from Leicester. We were two guys who lived away from the club so we travelled and stayed over.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent a lot of time with him, and even more time with him through this whole process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very close to him so I\u2019m probably incredibly biased about what Kev brings but I\u2019m sure the lads in the environment will tell you that he gives absolutely everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s had a big impact on individuals and gives up a lot of his time to help. We know he\u2019s that sort of person and he\u2019s done an exceptional job of doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n