Joe Marler has announced his retirement from the England rugby team just days after he faced a backlash over 'ill-judged' haka comments.
Joe Marler has earned 95 caps for England Joe Marler has announced his retirement from the England rugby team just days after he faced a backlash over ‘ill-judged’ comments about the haka. Ahead of England’s 22-24 defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham, Marler, who has been capped 95 times and has won three Six Nations titles, said that their traditional Māori haka dance was ‘ridiculous’ and called for it to be binned.
I can’t keep talking about my family being my priority unless they actually are. ‘I want to keep untarnished all these memories of my career, both good and bad. I don’t want to leave my house with my kids crying. I’m ready to make the change. New Zealand’s rugby haka was first performed by The Natives ‘I’m sad to say goodbye to international rugby, but I’m really proud, too. Time to exit one dream bubble, time to enter a new one.
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