Today’s back pages: ‘Never assume rugby is a racism-free zone’, warns England’s Maro Itoje

A round-up of the sport headlines from UK newspapers on 17 October

England’s Maro Itoje in training at the Rugby World Cup in Japan
England’s Maro Itoje in training at the Rugby World Cup in Japan 
(Image credit: David Rogers/Getty Images)

Itoje’s warning for rugby

Maro Itoje says the abuse suffered by England footballers in Bulgaria this week was “appalling” and “abysmal”, but the forward has warned that rugby union is not immune from racism.

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