England prop Joe Marler is never far away from the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Here, RUCK runs through each of those incidents down the years…
APRIL 2016: Two-week band and £20k fine for “Gyspy Boy” remark at Wales prop Samson Lee.
APRIL 2016: Two-week ban for kicking a Grenoble player in the head in first match back following previous ban.
JUNE 2016: Formal warning for a Twitter comment calling ex-Australia coach Bob Dwyer “a w**ker”.
SEPTEMBER 2017: Reprimanded for scrapping with international teammate James Haskell and spraying him in the face with a water bottle.
OCTOBER 2017: Three-week ban for elbowing an opponent, ruling him out of the Six Nations.
JANUARY 2018: Six-week ban for shoulder charge to the head of Sale flanker TJ Ioane. This meant he missed two Six Nations matches.
SEPTEMBER 2018: Reprimand for saying he considered getting sent off so he could miss England get-togethers.
MARCH 2020: Faces ban for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones by the testicles.
LIST | 20 times Joe Marler didn’t give a RUCK
He really doesn’t care.
1. Nowhere else to start
Taking life, or a Welshman, by the balls…
2. When he taught us his favourite word
Stuart Barnes is a complete helmet……..
— Joe Marler (@JoeMarler) November 12, 2015
3. Destroying GEORGE NORTH
4. Burning twitter critic
In a reply to the appearance of Joe Marler on a BBC 5 Live show, a Tweeter observed that he thought the prop was a “absolute try hard weapon……….him not you obviously”.
Problem was that Marler was tagged in the Tweet and duly decided to reply.
“Very true mate. I try very hard……. to have regular vaginal intercourse with your mum, but she insists on having it in her arsehole every time! Mental.
5. Interrupting press conference
“Who are you talking to?” 😂@JoeMarler interrupts a very empty @EnglandRugby news conference. pic.twitter.com/C3QsWtJ9iy
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) August 13, 2019