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'Racial abuse' stops game
From correspondents in London
September 17, 2006
The English Premiership match between Northampton and Bath was briefly interrupted after a spectator complained about racist abuse allegedly being traded between the two teams overnight.
The game, won 33-18 by Northampton, was held up in the 57th minute by referee Wayne Barnes on the orders of the chief security officer at Northampton's ground, Franklin's Gardens.
Barnes told Northampton captain Bruce Reihana and Bath counterpart Isaac Feaunati to warn their players about their conduct, before restarting the game with a scrum.
None of the refereeing team was aware of any abuse but the Rugby Football Union confirmed it would be investigating what took place.
The only previous inquiry into allegations of racist abuse during a Premiership match ended with Gloucester's French hooker, Olivier Azam, being cleared by an RFU panel of abusing Newcastle's Tongan flanker, Epi Taione, in a game in December 2002.
Agence France-Presse