Alun Wyn Jones reacts to Joe Marler incident and he's not laughing

Saturday, 07 March 2020 at 20:19

bySteven Smith

England prop Joe Marler was involved in perhaps the most bizarre moment of this year’s Six Nations tournament after he was spotted grabbing the penis of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones.

The incident, which wasn’t spotted by referee Ben O’Keefe, occurred during a fractious and frenetic opening at Twickenham.

Gareth Thomas made light of the situation on ITV and said: 'It would have never have happened in my day and I am really upset about that because if it had I would never have retired!'

It's since gone viral with most fans laughing at the incident, but one person who wasn't laughing was Jones.

Speaking about the incident, the Wales captain said: “If I react I get a red card.

“Yeah. It’s interesting. What would you do?” Jones said after the match.

“I’ve got 138 Tests for my country. If I react, I get a red card. It’s tough, isn’t it?

“Hopefully World Rugby have a look at it. Joe’s a good bloke, lots of things happen on a rugby field.

“It’s difficult as a captain these days because you can’t speak to a ref about anything, it feels.

“I look at the touch judge, obviously he didn’t see what happened and that’s fine.

“There’s a lot of footage that has been shown, it seems like a lot of supporters saw what happened.

“It’s very frustrating that we talk a lot about TMOs and footage reviews, yet there doesn’t seem to be a lot of it happening.”

Speaking about the incident, the Wales captain said: “If I react I get a red card.

"Hopefully World Rugby have a look at it, Joe is a good bloke. . . but there is all the footage that has been shown and a lot of supporters have seen what has happened. It's not really on."

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

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

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"Who are you talking to?" 😂 @JoeMarler interrupts a very empty @EnglandRugby news conference.

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6. Marler v the press

7. 'Hey horsey!'

Marler took the internet by storm with a drawn-out metaphor about a horse during a pre-match interview.

8. When he scrapped with Ayzerza

Marler of Harlequins and Marcos Ayerza of Leicester Tigers have a fight in the Aviva Premiership match and both get sent off.

9. When he rinsed Jones’ ‘I woke up like this’ attempt.

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Just rolled out of bed? @adamjones3

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10. When he played down this story about himself

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Nothing new here, happens all over the world.

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Really lovely anecdote about Joe Marler after Le Crunch. Following the game, Marler went to speak to the French coaches to ask about opposing tighthead Mohamed Haouas who was on debut. He then went to the changing room to have a beer with Haouas and give him his jersey. 1/2

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11. Another mad haircut

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: Joe Marler of Harlequins looks on during the Aviva Premiership match between Harlequins and Leicester Tigers at The Stoop on April 2, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Getty Images for QBE) *** Local Caption *** Joe Marler