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Wellington - All Blacks and Hurricanes centre Ma'a Nonu has apologised for an expletive-filled post-match interview after his team's dramatic win over the Chiefs on Saturday night.
Click HERE to listen to Ma'a Nonu's F-rated outburst
"After a tough game there was a bit of emotion flying around," he told reporters at Hurricanes training.
"I guess, being a professional sportsman you've got to be responsible for what you say. At the end of the day it hurts a lot of people."
According to the NZ Herald, RadioSport's Daniel McHardy approached Nonu for the standard "how do you feel?" interview immediately after the Hurricanes' 33-27 victory at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
Nonu's reply included the 'F' bomb being dropped no less than seven times.
"After they got a lead of I think it was 24-8 or something, f*** we were on our tryline and f***** everyone didn't know what was hitting us.
And 60 minutes later we come on top and we scored a f***** last minute try to get a f****** bonus point."
"Last minute penalty two minutes to go and it's like f*** it's all over again. We get a steal from our line Hosea (Gear, Hurricanes winger) makes a big break behind their line he misses the kick, f****** score after the hooter's gone," he said.
Radio talkback lines were jammed with callers expressing opinions on the appropriateness - or otherwise - of Nonu's colourful terminology.
On Tuesday Nonu was full of remorse for the content of Saturday night's radio interview.
"It's a shame it happened and I just want to apologise to all the fans out there and a lot of listeners... it wasn't meant to be like that, but it was a bit of intense emotion coming out."
Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper said Nonu has been sanctioned by the team, but he wouldn't reveal the details.
Click HERE to listen to Ma'a Nonu's F-rated outburst
"After a tough game there was a bit of emotion flying around," he told reporters at Hurricanes training.
"I guess, being a professional sportsman you've got to be responsible for what you say. At the end of the day it hurts a lot of people."
According to the NZ Herald, RadioSport's Daniel McHardy approached Nonu for the standard "how do you feel?" interview immediately after the Hurricanes' 33-27 victory at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
Nonu's reply included the 'F' bomb being dropped no less than seven times.
"After they got a lead of I think it was 24-8 or something, f*** we were on our tryline and f***** everyone didn't know what was hitting us.
And 60 minutes later we come on top and we scored a f***** last minute try to get a f****** bonus point."
"Last minute penalty two minutes to go and it's like f*** it's all over again. We get a steal from our line Hosea (Gear, Hurricanes winger) makes a big break behind their line he misses the kick, f****** score after the hooter's gone," he said.
Radio talkback lines were jammed with callers expressing opinions on the appropriateness - or otherwise - of Nonu's colourful terminology.
On Tuesday Nonu was full of remorse for the content of Saturday night's radio interview.
"It's a shame it happened and I just want to apologise to all the fans out there and a lot of listeners... it wasn't meant to be like that, but it was a bit of intense emotion coming out."
Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper said Nonu has been sanctioned by the team, but he wouldn't reveal the details.
