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'This Ellis Genge dude needs to be dealt with' - The Beast and Conor McGregor's coach take issue with England prop
By Ian Cameron
Iconic Springbok loosehead legend Tendai Mtawarira has suggested that combative England front-rower Ellis Genge needs to be 'dealt with' after landing a number of forearm cheap-shots into Ireland flyhalf Jonathan Sexton on Saturday.
Genge avoided a citing for the incident that was picked up by referee Mathieu Raynal during the game and later by the media in the aftermath. Sexton, who appeared to be holding Genge into the ruck, could be heard in the audio to ask Raynal: 'Sir, he elbowed me in the face' to which Genge replied 'Yeah I did. I did,' as the pair retreated back to their teams.
The consensus was that Genge would be cited today, but the deadline came and went at lunchtime, with just Ireland centre Bundee Aki and France lock Paul Willemse facing further sanction for their respective red cards over the weekend.
World Cup winner Mtawarira, who is now playing in the MLR with Old Glory, wasn't impressed. The 117 Test cap prop said on Twitter: "This Ellis Genge dude needs to be dealt with properly..."
Speaking loosehead to loosehead, one can only imagine the words of one of rugby's favourite sons would have found their way back to Genge and they did.
And he wasn't the only one to take issue, even if some of the social media exchanges were very definitely in the light-hearted category. The coach of MMA star Conor McGregor - John Kavanagh - offered to give the Irish team a BJJ training session on how to escape an 'amateur pin' like the one Genge deployed.
"Bring me in for an afternoon Irish Rugby and I'll have Sexton and the lads escaping amateur pins like this in the blink of an eye. If any of them can hold me down the lesson is free," joked Kavanagh.
Genge did reply to this via a Retweet from RugbyPass' own Jim Hamilton, who observed "Ellis Genge you might be in bother. Although Conor struggles on his back also. I’m just saying...'. The Leicester Tiger responded by simply saying 'Line em up.'
Ellis Genge and Twitter - a match made in heaven.
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Ben Smith. My Man! So glad this is only "opinion piece". I was Reading the headline and straight away assumed you meant a 2 horse race between Pieter and Cheslin. There was no way you you meant Caelan.
Cheslin is not only the most exciting winger of this generation, but also a multi disciplined performer, Defence, Lineouts, Conversions and scrumming. LOL. He can do it all. He can put players twice his size on there rear ends and side step at full pace around on coming traffic on a penny.
I will also note that there has been since 2009 till 2017 only NZ winners bar the great one Thierry Dusautoir for France in 2011. And this was because they were the best team in the world winning back to back world cups, also having the best players at that time nominated. Never before has there been more than 2 players from the same country nominated for the award, but this year there was 3 from SA. All Dbl World Cup winning Players.
No one has been so put out about who was nominated in earlier awards, but for some reason you are.
I am thankful that its not up to you to decide on the "token" choices. (Rather lets not use that language again). The world chose the players and lets leave it there.
I don't Blame Rugby Pass for allowing this to print, but there should have been some profound editing on this.
Thanks for your opinion, But maybe lets keep it that just yours not anyone else's.
Go to commentsIf OZ are to regain their lost credibility they now need to tip up the Irish or at least run them close. Can't see that happening even though miracles occasionally occur
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