Joe Marler of Harlequins and Marcos Ayerza of Leicester Tigers have a fight in the Aviva Premiership match and both get sent off.

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  1. Why did the ref not blow up after the first butt? He watched it, let it play out and sent both players… Blow up after the first, yellow the first, save the second??? He looked at you looking at him whilst getting butted again, nobody in the world would put up with that!!!

  2. M Barnes! Avec tout le non respect que je vous dois, arrêtez de mettre des cartons rouges pour des baffes de princesses! Relancez le jeu le plus rapidement possible. Rendez-nous le jeu de Rugby qu’on avait avant vous…

  3. Very selective replay: No mention of Marler grabbing Ayerya by the headgear and yanking his head sideways which sparked the whole incident. He’s a grub.

  4. Wayne Barnes doing his vest to make our sport as soft as possible ! He continues to ruin rugby . Look how excited he is to send them off … this is rugby ffs . Sack Barnes for the sake of the game . He thinks people are there to see him . Absolute joke

  5. Stuart Barnes talking out of his arse again, we could be here for weeks with all the guff he comes out with, but 1 cap for England seems to make him an expert.

  6. If Barnes had pinged Marler the moment he joined the ruck from the side the rest would have never occurred. Barnes is known for his slack ruck entry enforcement.

  7. Can you be my role model please? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
    I'm gonna name my son after you. (by the way I'm only joking)
    However since celebrity boxing has become popular, I wonder how Joe Marler would fair?

  8. I have just watch this and I looks to me like Joe Marler instigated the fight by pulling the scrum cap, he did the same to James Haskell in another game by grabbing the scrum cap. Then he looks at the Ref as to say look he hit me back, the ref was right to send them both off.

  9. i am not a rugby fan and dont know the rules, but marler has his hand inside the dudes cap and is pulling it up. thats what prompts the head butts. i have to imagine that you cant crank someone's head like that. sort of like a face mask in football.

  10. the ref should of jumped on that quicker. I know you shouldn't react, but 2 headbutts (and he would of definitely done more both stopping), he was defending himself. the guy held his head in position to try and break his nose even.

    i mean, he didn't react after the first headbutt, that should of counted for something before he defended himself.

  11. You can see marler instigating this – he’s a brilliant wind up merchant. Goes in off the ball, grabs him by the neck and then the scrum cap and complains when the guy headbutts him making sure the ref is watching. Classic.

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