Rugby-Wasps ask RFU to address issue of fans wearing Native American headdresses


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO-Rugby Union - Premiership - Wasps v Leicester Tigers - Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Britain - June 12, 2021 Fans outside the stadium before the match Action Images/Andrew Boyers

(Reuters) - Premiership side Wasps on Tuesday asked the country's rugby governing body (RFU) and the league to address the issue of fans wearing faux Native American headdresses ahead of the weekend's game against the Exeter Chiefs.

The Chiefs' logo features a Native American wearing a headdress and Wasps said fans who wore such faux headdresses were guilty of cultural appropriation.

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