Joe Marler in deep trouble after 'absolutely shocking' verbal incident

According to the Bristol boss, the England and Quins prop said something offensive to Bristol flanker Jake Heenan.

“I brought Jake over from New Zealand to Connacht and to Bristol. He’s like a son to our family and I have never seen him like that,” Bears director of rugby Pat Lam said.

“It’s best to say one of the areas we are all trying to work on is the spirit of the game. I love Joe Marler but something was said and there was a reaction from Jake I have never seen before.

“We are all custodians of the game – players, coaches – and one thing we all value and we all work hard to keep is the right values and spirit. Jake reacted to something that was said. That’s all I know what happened.”

The comments reportedly were connected to Heenan's wife Adele.

Reacting to the incident, one fan wrote: "I'm baffled why Joe Marler seems to be loved by RU fans. To me, he's an irritant and causes trouble where there's no need for it. Get on with scrummaging, rather than making cheap gags at other players' expense"

Another said: "Never understood the fascination with that Marler, always thought he’s a horrible, unfunny idiot."

A third commented: "Joe Marler, you can’t preach mental health and be an face for it in the game, yet be known to make personal jabs at the opposition that extend past ‘banter’ or even get to the point of committing sexual assault."

A young player was making his Premiership debut at scrum-half. He was playing against Andy Gomersall. He tried to be funny at the first scrum and said to Gomersall "don't hurt your back putting the ball in, old man". He retorted "I would give you some abuse, but I have no idea who the f@*k you are!"

Ouch.

Harry Ellis had taken Austin Healey's position at scrum-half in 2001 - and Healey had dropped to the bench. In the changing rooms before the game, the experienced Healey came over to Ellis and asked how he was feeling ahead of his debut in front of 15,000 at Welford Road - Ellis replied 'I'm really, really nervous about it mate - absolutely bricking myself!', to which Healey told him 'Yeah, well you should be nervous - because you're f*cking sh*t!'

During the 2018 Autumn International clash at Twickenham, viewers heard him tell Australia’s forward pack: “You’re all ****ing snitches anyway”.

As Balls.ie and others have pointed out, Sinckler’s comments were surely in reference to Australia’s decision to drop Kurtley Beale and Adam Ashley-Cooper for the England game. The pair were dropped after they were found to have brought guests back to the team hotel following a defeat in Wales earlier this month.

A certain coach shouted to the referee: "ref can we make a sub?"

The ref agreed to which the coaches response was: "Good, can you come off the pitch, please?!"

Nigel Owens is openly gay and campaigns for bullying, but that does mean he’s above being self-deprecating. During a dodgy Harlequins line-out he told the hooker, in a roundabout way, he best get his throws together.