England prop Joe Marler has deactivated his X account after saying New Zealand ought to cease performing the Haka, the nation’s pre-match custom.
England face the All Blacks on Saturday of their first sport of this yr’s autumn worldwide, though Marler is not going to characteristic attributable to struggling a damaged foot within the two nations’ earlier conflict on July 6.
Posting on X, Marler mentioned: “The haka wants binning. It is ridiculous.”
“It is solely any good when groups truly entrance it with some form of reply. Just like the [rugby] league boys did final week,” he added in a second submit.
ESPN have approached the All Blacks and the Rugby Soccer Union for remark.
