Pre-game cultural challenges like the haka have sparked ongoing debate around their reception and appropriateness.

England prop Joe Marler deactivates his X account after posting that the haka "needs binning" before Saturday's match against ...

I didn't understand why and how you could disrespect the Haka by just telling another bloke to get effed.' Mason and Horo also spoke about the Samoan war dance the Sipi Tau which has been used ...

On Tuesday, Marler wrote on social media that “the haka is ridiculous, it needs binning”. In another post, referencing the ...

Ireland and Leinster legend Gordon D'Arcy has called on Andy Farrell's side to have a response ready for the ceremonial ...

JOE MARLER has received a backlash for calling to ban the Haka. The experienced England international, 34, was writing on social media ahead of the Red Roses’ match against New Zealand at ...

What Marler did was dare to voice doubts about the Haka ritual ... the England v Samoa rugby league Test in Wigan last Sunday, when the visitors performed their traditional war-dance challenge ...

England prop Joe Marler has deleted his X account following his controversial Tuesday night take on the New Zealand haka.

As is tradition in rugby, New Zealand's players will perform their famous Maori war dance before kick ... as close as possible when Samoa's players performed their haka at Wigan last Sunday.

It has been a topic of debate all week: the haka - sporting tradition or “ridiculous” and in need of “binning” as Joe Marler, ...

Australia’s men’s netball team stole the show on the opening day of netball’s Fast5 series in Christchurch, busting out a ...

Image: England's men's rugby league side came face-to-face with Samoa when they ... of the traditional war dance. Wales refused the All Blacks' request for the haka to be performed after the ...