England prop Joe Marler has deactivated his X account after saying New Zealand should stop performing the Haka, the country’s pre-match tradition.
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England face the All Blacks on Saturday in their first game of this year’s autumn international, although Marler will not feature due to suffering a broken foot in the two countries’ previous clash on July 6.
Posting on X, Marler said: “The haka needs binning. It’s ridiculous.”
“It’s only any good when teams actually front it with some sort of reply. Like the [rugby] league boys did last week,” he added in a second post.
ESPN have approached the All Blacks and the Rugby Football Union for comment.