England prop Kyle Sinckler ensured the Wallabies’ off-field dramas weren’t forgotten during their 37-18 Test defeat at Twickenham.
“You’re all f…ing snitches anyway,” declared Sinckler as a scuffle broke out early in the second half.
It was an apparent reference to the Wallabies’ leadership group informing coach Michael Cheika that veterans Kurtley Beale and Adam Ashley-Cooper had breached team rules by having women in their hotel room after the Test loss to Wales.
While the guests were Ashley-Cooper’s sister-in-law and two friends and they reportedly left after having some food and drink, Cheika responded by dropping both players for the England game.
It didn’t help that the coach initially claimed the players were dropped for form and game plan reasons before the real story emerged.
Player of the match Sinckler was admonished after his sledge by referee Jaco Peyper who told him: “There are the laws of the game and the spirit.”
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper said he didn’t believe the off-field issue had affected the players during their loss to England and that he missed the Sinckler jibe.
“I didn’t hear that,” Hooper said.
mouse
Roar Rookie
We did put the knifes in, we do have players who believe they are a echelon above others, (blinded by a title) we do have division that was obvious when Hooper kept flouting the words "We are all mates" that was suspiciously overplayed,and we are guilty of being " un Australian" we are still falling I still think there is a very good team in there but this exposure of mistrusts deception (lies) shows that we are imploding and that"s admin stuff....if we don't take any steps to change the management then we are just taking a dead rubber to the WC.
Aussikiwi
Guest
Ahhh you mean like your Freudian obsession with having the haka "rammed down (my) throat", Funless? Still, with the state of Brexit and the UK generally atm I don't blame you for trying to get some mean spirited pleasure from your clumsy trolling.
P2R2
Roar Rookie
Erm...you are an insecure, fragile and sensitive aren't you....NZers don't have a thing as you say....I think you are the one who has a 'thing' such a BIG country getting ass-whipped by small countries....you know...UK and....ummm let me see....oh yes NZ...so quit while you are behind...better to be thought a fool saying nothing than proving you are one with the rubbish you give...
rebel
Roar Guru
Skip geography?
rebel
Roar Guru
See why you go to stuff then to feel comfortable, you could do yourself a mischief rolling around like that. Yes some kiwis are offended by rugby, they don't have much time for it at all. However a lot of them love the game.
FunBus
Roar Rookie
Bwahahahaha. This obsession you’ve got with ‘size’ Jacko. It’s very Freudian. Is it a general Kiwi thing - you know little country, little man syndrome, or is it more a, erm, ‘personal’ concern?
FunBus
Roar Rookie
I go to rugby blogs to follow rugby. I must admit, though, there is something fascinating about Stuff. I cant think of any sports blog I’ve read before with a bigger collection of weirdos. Rolling about laughing is not the same as being ‘offended.’ Getting, ‘offended’ by rugby seems to be a Kiwi thing.
FunBus
Roar Rookie
Ah, the ‘big man’ speaks, with his usual wit and erudition.
soapit
Roar Guru
Tickles my sense of humor but brutal it ain't
rebel
Roar Guru
Yeah it's weird someone goes to a website deliberately to be offended.
jacko
Guest
He went to Stuff.co to get some culture
Jacko
Guest
LOL....You are a fly on the wall little man...actually I think the fly hasnt hatched as yet...
Reesy
Roar Rookie
The sledge was completely accurate - they are snitches. No man worth his salt would dob in a team mate on tour for bringing a woman back to his room.
rebel
Roar Guru
Played well and sledge got the reaction he was after. No better sight than a rampaging prop in the back field.
rebel
Roar Guru
Plenty of sliding going on sensitive bus. McKenzie, Barrett, the team has slid to 1st. On top of this the Italians cheered about having someone elses culture jammed down their throats. Things are getting so dire I almost feel like throwing a generic insult at a whole nation to cover for my insecurities. Then I realise it's just a game.
Stu
Roar Rookie
"Kyle Sinckler, who’s he?"..: He was Man Of The Match, I think?
Northkiwi
Roar Rookie
Ah Funbus. You really are up the far left hand end of the bell curve on most things eh. Admittedly Kirky's comments are just bait though. Sinckler will be good if can control himself, he'll stay in the team, as the English have never had a "no dickheads" selection filter.
FunBus
Roar Rookie
Kirky, I’ve just been over to Stuff NZ. Reading it is like being a fly on the wall at a group therapy session for the mentally incapacitated. It makes the British media look like Oscar Wilde. If England are a 4th rate side and the ABs need the TMO to save their backsides, your Demi-Gods must really be on the slide.
Kirky
Roar Rookie
That's the kind of remarks that the worst rugby Press on the Planet, from Fleet St on this occasion puts out, simply as click bait! If it were true it'd be a bit rich coming from the Poms, they're only a fourth ranked side just above the Wallabies so who the hell would they think they were? ~ They're only a very ordinary side at best! ~ Kyle Sinckler, who's he?
Gloria
Roar Rookie
Brutal? ‘You are all snitches anyway’. More like childish.