England bowler Graeme Swann has apologised after comparing his side's loss to Australia in Perth to being "arse raped."
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His brother Alec had innocuously posted on facebook that he had enjoyed a night out seeing the band Shed Seven in Northampton. Graeme commented ruefully underneath that he would "rather have been there than being arse raped in Perth!"
After furious condemnation from a number of rape charities, Swann later tweeted this apology
Sorry to anyone who was offended by my comments in the papers today. Crass and thoughtless of me in the extreme.
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) December 19, 2013
