Marmite rugby players! One player for each home nation who divides opinion the most

Rugby News
Wednesday, 08 June 2022 at 09:46
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There’s always something or someone to disagree on when it comes to rugby union.
From debating over who’s the better of Dan Carter or Jonny Wilkinson to voicing unhappiness over team selections, supporters just love to argue.
It’s the fuel that keeps us going.
And given it’s the rugby players themselves who are usually at the heart of the most controversial of opinions from fans, we decided to take a look at the one player at each home nations who most divides opinion, for various reasons. In other words, your team’s marmite rugby player.
Scroll through the gallery below to find out who has been selected.

Dan Biggar (Wales)

Biggar is the epitome of players you hate until they are on your team.The way the fly-half continues to moan to referees vociferously has seemingly only got worse throughout his career. It got so bad that popular online personality and diehard Scotland fan Glove39 made a video called ‘birdman’ mocking the way in which he always raises his arms in frustration to officials.

Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)

A flanker that plays on the edge and never fails to get under the skin of opposition fans. His late hit on Stuart Hogg and foul-mouthed war of words with the Kyle Sinckler during the 2019 Six Nations did him no favours. The sort of player you love to have, but also love to hate.
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Owen Farrell (England)

Could it be anybody else? Farrell fits the label “our guy” better than most, meaning you love to hate him unless he’s in your squad. Then you’d go to the end’s of the earth to defend him. The England captain, also known as 'Shoulder boy' for his high tackling, does himself no favours with his poor tackling technique.

Finn Russell (Scotland)

People seem to think he's the best player on the planet or an overrated showpony. There really isn't much of a middle-ground when it comes to the mercurial Scottish number 10.
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