A number of well-known England players feature prominently in Wales Online’s definitive list of rugby’s bad boys, which ranks players who received the longest accumulative bans.
Check out the top five England internationals of the professional era below.
Most banned England players:
#5. Joe Marler – 25 weeks
In 2016, he received a two-week ban following the “gypsy boy” saga, involving Wales’ Samson Lee, which erupted out of the Six Nations game at Twickenham.
The same penalty was to follow a couple of months later after he was cited for kicking Grenoble hooker Arnaud Héguy while playing for Harlequins in the European Challenge Cup semi-final.
Marler was then banned for three weeks in October 2017 after striking Wasps and now Wales lock Will Rowlands with an elbow and for six weeks later that same season for a shoulder charge on Sale’s TJ Ioane.
He was then suspended for ten week’s for grabbing the genitals of Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones in the Six Nations encounter at Twickenham.
And, of course, earlier this season he received a two week ban after the prop made comments towards Bristol flanker Jake Heenan during the sides’ Premiership match.
Marler’s comments, made during a scrum at in the first half at The Stoop, reportedly related to Heenan’s mother, and caused a big melee between the players, after which a penalty was given against the Bristol flanker.