All Blacks prop punished for breaking team protocol

Yes, the late & the great Dun Mihaka. He'd done it to Charles & Di in 1981 & went to trial over it in 1984. They got a browneyeful lol. He wrote a book about the trial. A great read.

Mihaka tried it again in 1986 when QE toured but was unsuccessful. The cops stopped him from getting close but some of his supporters chucked eggs at her. Apparently he was planning to ram her motorcade but his old van adorned with an enlarged photo of his bare behind & other such protest paraphernalia, was unsurprisingly easy for security to spot lmfao.

Buttock bearing is a ritual known as whakapohane, in Maori culture. It's the ultimate diss.

Ouch.

Anyone in their right mind knows that Marler’s remarks were offensive to an entire nation and culture, he’s written the AB’s team talk for them and hasn’t helped his teammates one bit after he left camp for personal reasons earlier in the week.

I don't want to speak out of turn here - but I would be hugely surprised if anyone in the NZ training camp gives a flying f__k what Marler said. Maybe I'm wrong.

And I'm sure Kiwis are a lot more thick-skinned than AG is suggesting.

In SA - we flew Airbuses, set off fireworks, turned up the disco base and downed 2 litre jugs of brandy and coke during the haka and it wasn't even nearly as bad as AG is suggesting. So I'm sure it's fine.

This is Borthwick’s 25th Test in charge and he has a 54 per cent win ratio, which clearly isn’t good enough for an England head coach, so we’re at a stage now where he needs results as well as signs of progress.

Yup!

Now is the time for this England side to start putting a stake in the ground and winning big games and they won’t have it all their own way by any means but I expect them to get the job done with a four-point win.

Nope. ABS. 7.