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Rugby bosses have condemned the online abuse targeting Welsh players after their Six Nations Grand Slam dreams ended.
Wayne Pivac’s men fell in a 32-30 loss in Paris as France scored a try in overtime to ruin their perfect record with Taulupe Faletau and Liam Williams in the sin-bin.
On Sunday night, the Welsh Rugby Union published a series of abusive messages that had been directed only at one of its players, some of whom accused him of costing his team the grand slam.
In a post on its official Twitter account that was accompanied by the hashtag #BeKind, the WRU said: “The players are proud to represent their country and their jersey. The abuse that players are receiving has to stop. “
WRU’s position was backed by its French counterpart France Rugby, who responded with a tweet that read: “All our support, dear friends… This is not the true spirit of sport and this has to end. Congratulations again for the great performance of your team yesterday ”.
Former Wales captain Sam Warburton later supported the WRU plea, describing Williams as a “great of today.”
Warburton tweeted: “Players are fans as much as anyone else. They sacrifice time with family, risk of major injuries, enormous pressure and everything to make our country and the fans proud and happy.
“PS: Liam Williams is a great and iconic modern Welsh player, end of debate.”
