New Zealand will not be lacking motivation with squad feeling disrespected and England can expect a backlash on Saturday at Twickenham
here are all sorts of ways a team might get ready for a big match against the All Blacks. Fair to say that the tactic of actively going out of your way to pissing them off, which is the one England seem to have gone for this week, comes in a way down the list. Joe Marler’s tweet thatand “needs binning” have gone down like cold sick with New Zealanders. “I’m wondering if he wishes he could have articulated himself a little bit better,” said their head coach Scott Robertson on Thursday.
Robertson said he didn’t have to pin Marler’s clippings onto the dressing room wall, social media meant his players already knew all about it. “The boys are aware of it,” Robertson said, and while he didn’t want to go so far as saying they would be using it as motivation, he did say “we’ll discuss, and decide how we’ll deal with it. Respectfully.” It was a bit like listening to the white tigers’ team talk about how they were going to deal with Siegfried & Roy.
And the English wonder why the rest of the world seems to take so much pleasure in beating them. Imagine how it would go down in certain quarters of the Twickenham crowd if the Kiwis had rocked up this week and started mocking the English for singing Swing Low. At least the haka is an authentic expression of Kiwi culture. And besides, as Cane pointed out, “it’s a great spectacle, and the crowd love it”.
Robertson said he didn’t have a problem with the other team responding to the haka on the field. He says he thought it was “awesome” when England lined up into an arrow formation to face it ahead ofin 2019. “That had a clear meaning behind it, and it was respectfully done, so it was great, that’s what it’s all about.” Cane agreed. “Like I said, we’re laying down a challenge. If they want to do something else that signifies they’re accepting the challenge, that’s fine.
Robertson was clear that they don’t need any extra incentive to get up for a Test against England at Twickenham. “There have been some epic battles and a lot of our All Black heroes have left their mark on it,” he said. But thanks to Marler, they have one anyway.
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