Felipe Contepomi slams “bully” Tom Curry who ‘assaulted’ him
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Not happy.
Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi has hit out at England’s Tom Curry and accused the flanker of shoving him in the tunnel following their game yesterday.
Contepomi was fuming after the 27-23 defeat to England, after fullback Juan Cruz Mallia was forced off the field injured following a late hit by Curry, forcing the Pumas to finish the game with 14 men.
“Slightly late? Ok but two weeks ago, we had a decision that it was deemed because of the consequence, so if that’s the criteria, I can’t understand that we must then play the rest of the game with 14 players after a ‘slightly late’ tackle like you described, I’d call it reckless – I’m not English speaking but I’d call it reckless,” Contepomi said of the tackle.
“We ended up playing with 14, we ended up playing with 15, and it wasn’t even checked.”
Contepomi added that Curry was involved in another incident after the game, accusing the England star of assaulting him.
“It was not only the tackle by Curry because it’s probably part of his nature to bully people; he came into the tunnel, and he gave me a shove on the chest,” he said.
“Maybe that’s just in his nature, I don’t know, but those are the guys whom we are rewarding and praising – maybe that’s where we want rugby to go.
“I was standing there, and he came in and went to say hi to one of our coaches, and we said no because we were upset.
Wider angle of Tom Curry's late tackle.
Felipe Contepomi described it as 'reckless'.
Certainly has time to change his route as he wasn't going reach Mallia in time but most flankers would make that hit. #ENGvARG pic.twitter.com/4B1YquFpxh
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) November 23, 2025
“He was reckless and broke our player’s knee. I know it’s part of rugby, but if we don’t look after each other in rugby, it could be dangerous.
“When he came there, I said, ‘Man, you broke our player’s knee’, he said, ‘Oh f–k off’ and pushed me like that.
“I don’t know him, but I’m not happy with the situation. After breaking someone’s knee, you have to be humble enough and respectful to say ‘I did something wrong and sorry’, but we went the opposite way.
“Maybe that’s his way of being a bully. Now, if they want bullies in this game, good for them.”
Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi calls Tom Curry a ''bully'', saying he shoved him following his sides' defeat to England at Twickenham pic.twitter.com/deB6k5kLjE
— Sky Sports Rugby Union (@SkySportsRugby) November 23, 2025
