Ugo Monye has urged people not to assume rugby players are racist if any of them refuse to take a knee when the Premiership returns this weekend.
The former England wing is part of a working group which has been discussing players taking a knee in a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
All clubs are planning to show their backing for the fight against racism in some way, but not everyone will take the knee.
Monye is fearful that players could now suffer a backlash and he told the BBC: “I don’t want people to jump to conclusions and assumptions that by people not taking the knee, that means they’re racist. Everyone has a different personal relationship with racism.”
