‘I had no malicious intent’, Joe Marler apologizes after ‘crappy’ comments on haka

Joe Marler defuses his bomb. The England international, who caused an uproar on social media by calling New Zealand’s haka “ridiculous”, writing that it should “DELETE”returned to his comments this Thursday evening. The left pillar of Harlequins (34 years old), notably volleyed by the Parisian Brad Weber and the coach of the All Blacks, published a series of three tweets on X to apologize.

«Hello Rugby fans. I just wanted to jump in here and apologize to the New Zealand fans who I upset with my slurred tweet earlier in the week. I had no malicious intent in asking for it (the Haka) to be removed, I just wanted to see the restrictions lifted to allow a response without punishment», First wrote the Englishman, who had temporarily deactivated his X account following the numerous vehement responses received.

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“What good did the answers from Cockerill/Hewitt, Campese, France 2007, Tokyo 2019 or Samoa vs England bring? Create entertaining drama before kick-off. My casual attempt to spark a debate around this topic was crap and I should have explained things better,” continued Joe Marler. Before concluding: “I am grateful for the education I received about the importance of the Haka in New Zealand culture and hope others will also have a better understanding. Now, see you at 3 p.m. on Saturday for a huge rugby event.” Saturday, at 3 p.m., the XV de la Rose hosts the New Zealand All Blacks and Marler sees his selection win by «six points» à Twickenham.