{"id":85409,"date":"2025-11-23T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/contepomi-calls-tom-curry-a-thug-after-mallias-injury-in-england-vs-argentina\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:32:47","slug":"contepomi-calls-tom-curry-a-thug-after-mallias-injury-in-england-vs-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/contepomi-calls-tom-curry-a-thug-after-mallias-injury-in-england-vs-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Contepomi calls Tom Curry a &#8220;thug&#8221; after Mall\u00eda&#8217;s injury in England vs. Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1123%2Fr1579639_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nArgentina coach Felipe Contepomi accused England flanker Tom Curry of being a &#8220;thug&#8221; after a tense match at Twickenham, where England won 27-23.\n\nContepomi expressed his fury after Argentine fullback Juan Cruz Mallia suffered an injury in the 75th minute following a tackle by Curry. The coach considered the action &#8220;reckless&#8221; and late, which resulted in a penalty for Curry.\n\nThe tension remained high after the match, with Curry at the center of the controversy. According to Contepomi, Curry insulted him and pushed him in the tunnel.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He was there and he approached wanting to greet one of our coaches, but we said no because we were upset. It was reckless and he broke our player&#8217;s knee.<\/p><cite>Felipe Contepomi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nContepomi added that Curry responded with rudeness and pushed him. The Argentinian coach regretted the lack of respect and humility from Curry after Mallia&#8217;s injury.\n\nEngland coach Steve Borthwick said he did not witness the incident, but affirmed that Tom Curry has an impeccable character and is a respectful man.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1123%2Fr1579641_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nMaro Itoje, England player, commented that emotions are usually running high after the matches, but highlighted the mutual respect between both teams.\n\nJuan Cruz Mallia&#8217;s injury could be a torn anterior cruciate ligament, but more tests are needed to confirm it.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi accused England flanker Tom Curry of being a &#8220;thug&#8221; after a tense match at Twickenham, where England won 27-23. Contepomi expressed his fury after Argentine fullback Juan Cruz Mallia suffered an injury in the 75th minute following a tackle by Curry. The coach considered the action &#8220;reckless&#8221; and late, which resulted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[893,10603,151,4531],"class_list":{"0":"post-85409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-contepomi","10":"tag-tackle","11":"tag-tom-curry"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}