RFU’s sizeable miscalculation over Joe Marler indicates a sport in denial | Robert Kitson

Attempts to sweep England prop’s ‘Gypsy boy’ comment under the carpet showed short-sightedness that still affects rugby at the highest levelSometimes in life there is a choice to be made. Do the right thing or take the politically expedient route. For rugby union, as a professional sport, to take 11 days to recognise that crass verbal abuse of an opponent on live television during a high-profile Six Nations fixture is unacceptable does no-one any credit. One or two people may yet come to rue this sizeable miscalculation.The issue, ultimately, is not so much what Joe Marler said to Wales’s Sams…