Injured England prop Joe Marler has taken a shot at the All Blacks pre-match haka calling it “ridiculous” and adding that it “needs binning”. Marler, who played against the All Blacks mid year before suffering a broken foot that continues to sideline him, has fanned the flames ahead of Sunday’s Test at Twickenham with a post on X. It’s only any good when teams actually front it with some sort of reply.
Like the league boys did last week. In his post, Marler referenced the Siva Tau performed by the Samoan rugby league team against England earlier this week. The teams were right in each other’s faces and the key moment came when Manly hooker Gordon Chan Kum Tong got right in the face of England’s Mikey Lewis.
Towards the end of the intense exchange, Lewis can be seen mouthing “let’s go”. ???? Fierce competitors to respected opponents! ???? @mikeylewis32 & Gordon Chan Kum Tong showing us what rugby league is all about..
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com/LFQK85KdY0 ENGLAND NAME TEAM TO FACE ALL BLACKS Former Australian league rep Corey Parker told SEN Radio he would have struggled to restrain himself if he was confronted in similar fashion by Chan Kum Tong. “I’m all for the war cries but what happens, hypothetically, if Gordon Chan Kum Tong does that and you give him a good, old-fashioned ‘don’t argue, get out of my space’ type thing?” he asked. “Is that disrespectful? Are you supposed to just cop it? Do you just wear wha.
