Matera sacked as captain after discriminatory tweets made 9 years ago resurfaces online

Matera sacked as captain after discriminatory tweets made 9 years ago resurfaces online

By Shanil Singh
Tuesday 01/12/2020
Pablo Matera has been stripped of the captaincy after discriminatory - [Photo: Getty Image]

Less than three weeks after guiding Argentina to a historic win over the All Blacks, Pablo Matera has been stripped of the captaincy after discriminatory and xenophobic remarks he allegedly made nine years ago, resurfaced online.

In a statement, the Argentina Rugby Union say they reject the discriminatory and xenophobic comments and have decided to strip Matera of the captaincy.

In his tweets which has been deleted, Matera spoke of running over blacks with his car and disparaged Bolivians and Paraguayans.

He has since apologised on Instagram saying that he is ashamed and has apologised to all those who were offended by the atrocities he wrote.

Argentina will take on the Wallabies in the last match of the Tri-Nations at 8.45pm Saturday.

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