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          England-New Zealand: Joe Marler says All Blacks should drop Haka

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          • ESPN
          Oct 30, 2024, 04:56 AM ET

          England prop Joe Marler has deactivated his X account after saying New Zealand should stop performing the Haka, the country's pre-match tradition.

          England face the All Blacks on Saturday in their first game of this year's autumn international, although Marler will not feature due to suffering a broken foot in the two countries' previous clash on July 6.

          Posting on X, Marler said: "The haka needs binning. It's ridiculous."

          "It's only any good when teams actually front it with some sort of reply. Like the [rugby] league boys did last week," he added in a second post.

          ESPN have approached the All Blacks and the Rugby Football Union for comment.

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