Rivals Wasps critical of Chiefs’ ‘cultural appropriation’Baxter: ‘I don’t think there’s anything for us to comment on’The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby, Rob Baxter, has dismissed a statement by Wasps this week accusing the Devon club’s supporters of cultural appropriation by wearing Native
American headdresses, saying he believes it is “a little bit of a non-story”.
Before the clubs meet in the Premiership on Saturday, Wasps released a statement on Tuesday saying they discourage supporters from wearing “faux Native American attire” at the Coventry Building Society Arena, because it “has the potential to cause offence and doesn’t align with our values”. Wasps also asked Premiership Rugby and the Rugby
Football Union to consider a ban on the headdresses.