Ben Youngs has received a great deal of criticism for his behaviour following England’s defeat today.
The scrum-half conducted a short interview before storming off.
“Shame to see that,” said Will Greenwood in the Sky Sports studio.
Watch the incident below.
What’s going on here?
Ben Youngs wasn’t up for chatting following England’s loss to South Africa. pic.twitter.com/ZUbomrkcwa
— RugbyLAD (@RugbyLAD7) June 16, 2018
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Oh wow Ben youngs..what a wow #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/i2nSWFBi14
— Issa Queen 🎉👑 Mak_G (@Da_MaK_G) June 16, 2018
Poor form from Ben Youngs but that attitude comes from the top, Eddie Jones is exactly the same and it filters down. Poor leadership instilling negativity in the ranks.
— Daniel Sabato (@Sabato0612) June 16, 2018
Disgusting behaviour Ben Youngs manners don’t cost anything @benyoungs09 @SkySportsRugby #SAvsENG #englandrugby
— jack percy gibbons (@jollygibbo) June 16, 2018
That Ben Youngs interview was worse to watch than the match! Very disappointing #RSAvENG
— Alex Hammond (@alexhammond) June 16, 2018
Wow. Ben Youngs. Pretty much typifies what Eddie Jones is all about. Boorish, rude, arrogant and belligerent. Stuart Lancaster currently laughing as he caresses his European Champions Cup trophy… and rightly so. #SAvsENG
— Ken Stanley (@Ken_Stanley) June 16, 2018
Ben Youngs interview not ideal. Disappointed no doubt but not really seen that before.
Great 2-0 series win for South Africa anyway, after beating England 23-12 in Bloemfontein 🇿🇦
— Rugbydump.com (@Rugbydump) June 16, 2018
Someone in the @RFU should explain to Ben Youngs that talking to the media is part of the game win lose or draw @SkySportsRugby
— Graham Miller (@MeVu) June 16, 2018
Not defending ben Youngs after a poor game but If I got asked stupid questions by people who know nothing about rugby I’d have walked off too #RSAvENG #SkySports
— R (@rup289) June 16, 2018
As someone who shoves a microphone in players' faces after full-time whistles for a living…as much as that was uncharacteristically poor form from Ben Youngs, it was nonetheless as insightful a post-match interview as you can get. #RSAvENG
— Tim Cocker (@cocker) June 16, 2018
Such poor discipline and no decision making. Ben Youngs was embarrassing in the TV interview. The back 3 looked useful, Brown tasty on the wing, but their pals in the front 12 let them down and Itoje in particular needs to grow up. #RSAvENG
— Susannah Sutton (@SusannahSutton) June 16, 2018