Tatafu Polota-Nau of Australia with his former haircut. Photo / Getty
Australian rugby commentator Gordon Bray has apologised after describing a Wallabies player's 'golliwog haircut' during last night's Bledisloe Cup encounter in Sydney.
The veteran caller used the racially insensitive when referring to hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau who has had a recent haircut, getting rid of his afro style.
Bray told the
Sydney Morning Herald that he was sorry for the comment.
"It was made in an affectionate manner and it was not intended to be offensive in any way," he told the SMH.
"It was something I said on the spur of the moment. I almost didn't recognise him with the short back and sides do and the inference was that it had been very fuzzy. Probably if I'd said what happened to his 'fuzzy-wuzzy' haircut that would have been more appropriate.
