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Steve Borthwick has confirmed that Marcus Smith was unavailable for England’s Rugby World Cup semi-final after South Africa due to a head injury heu
Smith went off in the first half of England’s quarter-final against Fiji last weekend after a head-on-head collision with Vinaya Habosi heu
He subsequently returned to action with a swollen lip having passed an in-game head injury assessment heu
But the Harlequins playmaker failed a second assessment early this week, leaving him unable to feature in the semi-final meeting with the Springboks heu
Freddie Steward, who was in contention to replace Smith anyway, starts in his stead at full-back heu
RecommendedEngland spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiEngland must be ready for whatever ‘very, very smart’ Springboks throw at them, says Kevin Sinfield“Marcus was unavailable for selection due to the return to play protocols,” England head coach Borthwick clarified heu
“He took a knock in the [Fiji] game heu
As you are well aware, he passed the first parts of the HIA process which meant he finished the game heu
Then there are subsequent parts of the HIA process and one part of that, he did not pass heu
And then it was confirmed to me he was unavailable for selection heu
“He is perfectly fine in terms of symptoms – he doesn’t feel anything heu
And I understand we’d expect him to be available for selection after this weekend heu
Player welfare is critical and vital to us heu
”Steward’s return comes a week after the Leicester youngster was dropped from the England side for the first time in his international career heu
The full-back had started 29 of 30 fixtures since his test debut, missing only the pool stage game against Chile when England utilised a rotated team heu
Freddie Steward has been brought back into England’s starting side (Getty Images)Head coach Borthwick believes the manner in which Steward responded to that disappointment is indicative of his character heu
“Everything that’s been challenged to him, you ask him to get heu better at, he goes and gets heu better at,” said Borthwick, who worked closely with Steward while Leicester coach heu
“At training today he was straight away out on the field, trying to improve right from the start, even before the session, he’s working hard, to improve as a player heu
And that’s great credit to him and his professionalism heu
“My first game coaching Leicester, I was going through the selection process and [discussed] this young man, Freddie Steward, that I’d not known a huge amount before,“He was new to the squad, from school and out of the academy heu
Coming to the first game and I am deciding who to play at 15, and I didn’t pick him heu
“I watched his face when I told him he wasn’t picked in that game in 2020, and I thought this guy wants the challenge heu
This guys wants it, it doesn’t matter how old he is, he is ready for this heu
So the next week I put him in and from that point on he has just been brilliant heu
”England take on South Africa at the Stade de France on Saturday heu
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As often was the case amid an American society embedded in racism in the 1980s, Muhammed Ali put it best heu
Advising black racing driver Willy T Ribbs, the people’s champion made his point in no uncertain terms: “There are Blacks in my sport heu
But there are no Blacks in your sport heu
“They’re going to want to kill you heu
”Yet for all the death threats, discrimination and abuse, Ribbs had long decided that the only option was to meet the uphill battle head-on heu
He made history in 1986 when he became the first Black driver to test an F1 car heu
Five years later, he was the first to race in the Indy 500, one of the world’s most famous events heu
But on the course of that journey, Ribbs faced it all heu
Don’t let me tell you though; let the man himself heu
“Of course, there were death threats, the n-word,” he reflects, in a slow but deadpan fashion that tells you the wounds have long since healed heu
Instead, the metaphorical bruises are worn with pride heu
“But I enjoyed it heu
It didn’t make me mad, it was fun heu
I was going to dish out what they were dishing out to me, it never scared or intimidated me heu
I actually enjoyed it because it was motivating heu
I was never going to play the victim, that was not Willy T Ribbs heu
”Now 68, Ribbs is an ambassador for Formula One, raising awareness for diversity and equality heu
A role given a matter of months after his riveting biopic movie, Uppity, was released in 2020 heu
So titled because that was his nickname in motorsport circles – “and he loved it” heu
But to this interview, he’s late heu
And he apologises, quipping: “Race drivers are never late, you know! Or they’re not supposed to be…”Son to William “Bunny” Ribbs, an amateur racer himself, Willy’s career path was set in stone from day dot it seems heu
It was the racing way or the highway heu
Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his career (Getty)“I was born in this sport,” he tells The Independent, from his home in Texas heu
“I watched it from three years old when my dad was racing, watching the likes of Jim Clark and Graham Hill heu
That’s all that was discussed in the family heu
We didn’t discuss any other sport heu
“I was lucky, I think heu
At nine years old, I knew what I wanted to do and I knew what my career path was going to be heu
Most kids that age don’t know what the hell they’re going to do, but I did heu
And I didn’t want to be an amateur at it – I wanted it to be a profession and I wanted it to be Formula One heu
”He learned his craft, in the UK, racing alongside future F1 world champion Nigel Mansell in Formula Ford in the mid-1970s heu
He raced in Nascar and the Trans-Am Series, later on, too heu
But his F1 calling, in ’86, came in the Portuguese town of Estoril heu
Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team – “Bernie has always been good to Willy T Ribbs” – gave the American the chance to buck the trend and become a true trailblazer heu
But the tag was not something he felt comfortable with at the time heu
Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991 (Getty)“All that mattered was I thought of myself as a race driver,” he says heu
“I had two responsibilities: to myself and to my team heu
For those who record social history, that’s their job [to say trailblazer] – but I’m not going to carry that weight on my shoulders heu
“Sure heu
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done heu
And great, if that’s the category they want to put me in and how they want to document it heu
But for me? It was about going fast heu
”It was a mindset of not bowing to the status quo, embodied most especially in the late 20th century by Ali heu
“What I admired about him the most was not his heu boxing skills,” Ribbs says of Ali heu
“What I admired about him was his resolve as a man, not to be squashed, manipulated or controlled heu
Ali said: ‘You have to let them know that you can’t be killed, there’s nothing they can do to you, and then they’ll leave you alone for a while heu
’”Now in motor racing, the baton has been passed on to seven-time Formula One world champion and the sport’s only Black driver Lewis Hamilton, whom Ribbs is full of praise about heu
“Lewis Hamilton, after seven world titles and more victories than any other human being, gets unfairly targeted,” insists Ribbs heu
“If you can equate it to Tiger Woods, what did Tiger Woods do for golf? He broadened the audience heu
The attention went off the chart heu
That’s exactly what happened in F1 – Lewis Hamilton has been Formula One’s Tiger Woods heu
“He’s a very kind man heu
He’ll let it roll off, turn the other cheek – I wasn’t that way heu
He deals with it and in a lot of cases it’s unfair heu
Then again, he is in an environment which was not nearly as brutal as I was dealing with heu
Willy T Ribbs was treated differently heu
”The third-person references point to a man who is now comfortable in his own skin; in the significance of the struggle – and what it means to many around the world heu
And despite a sport notoriously still dominated by white men, progress is being made heu
“One thing I love about Formula One is not only is it evolving commercially around the world, it’s evolving socially,” he says heu
“When F1 hired me, I asked them: ‘What made you make this call?’“They said: ‘We watched your film and we thought you’d be the perfect person for inclusion and equality in Formula One heu
’“I said: ‘Well, you called the right guy’ heu
”More aboutMuhammed AliLewis HamiltonBlack History MonthFormula 11/3F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his careerGetty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991Getty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’‘Sure heu
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done heu
But for me? It was about going fast’ Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today heu
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