The big talking points from rugby across Europe this weekend
suck up their worst sequence of results since promotion from the Championship in 2010. They have now lost seven out of seven inExeter director of rugby Rob Baxter was unhappy at referee Sara Cox awarding a try to Bath’s Miles Reid when she may have missed it being held up. Meanwhile, chairmanRugby journalists might agree – this writer has at times been both baffled by Marler’s abruptness and moved to giving him an affectionate bear-hug.
Marler achieved that, and much more, having endured the inevitable early questions about his various hairstyles – Mohawk, a sausage advert, orange, purple, bleached-blond – although maybe being born in the retirees’ favourite town of Eastbourne instilled a subconscious fondness for a blue rinse. “Some people have tattoos, some have funny boots. Hair’s my thing,” Marler reflected. “You can’t stop someone being who they are.”
Easterby said: “We haven’t got that much time between now and the Six Nations we’ll definitely have a look at how we can be better with the ball. Make sure we look after it first and foremost, and make sure we engage the defence.”Amid uproar over the pay of Rugby Football Union CEO Bill Sweeney, the relaunched Community Clubs Union has described England Rugby and its management team as a “shambles”, as it sets out seven core objectives.
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