Cricket: SJN Hearings - Boucher apologises for offensive songs, nicknames during playing days

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Boucher available for one-on-one discussions with any former team-mates that he has offended

Boucher expanded on allegations made by Paul Adams too

Mark Boucher, South Africa's head coach, has admitted that the national team culture in his playing days was exclusionary and offensive but blamed it on a lack of "maturity and consciousness," and apologised for his role in othering team-mates. He said he is committed to creating a more inclusive space going forward.

Boucher submitted a 14-page affidavit to Cricket South Africa's Social Justice and Nation-Building committee with a "general response," to allegations against him of racial discrimination and intends to submit a second supplementary affidavit dealing with specific issues at the conclusion of the hearings. He has also made himself available for one-on-one discussions with any former team-mates that he has offended.

However, Boucher did expand on the allegations made by Paul Adams, who told the SJN he was nicknamed brown s*** by his team-mates in the late 1990s, which included Boucher. While Boucher, "can categorically say that did not give Mr Adams the name 'brown s***' and "does not know who gave him the name," he conceded that he was part of a group of players that sang a song in which Adams' was called "brown s***" at fines' meetings and that some of what took place at those post-match celebrations was "totally inappropriate, unacceptable and in retrospect, understandably offensive."

Boucher said he "deeply regrets and apologies for the part I played in joining in with my team-mates in singing offensive songs or using offensive nicknames."

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