“She [Marler’s wife] turned to me afterwards and she was like, ‘You’re an idiot, aren’t you? You are just a moron. I went, ‘What do you mean? I thought you were supposed to defend me. And she said, ‘Why am I defending you? Why do you keep doing it? -Marler
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Joe Marler again apologized for his comments to Jake Heenan, adding that his wife said, “Why don’t you stop doing it?”
Joe Marler has apologized again for his comments to Bristol’s Jake Heenan and revealed his wife took him to task over the incident in which he made an offensive remark about the Bristol flanker’s mother .
Harlequins and England stalwart Marler has been charged by the Rugby Football Union with conduct harmful to the game after he twice made a comment about Heenan’s mother during a Gallagher Premiership match last month.
Marler received a two-week ban, with a further four weeks suspended, when he was last in contact with rugby authorities.
In 2016 he was handed a two-week suspension and a £20,000 fine for calling Wales prop Samson Lee a ‘gypsy boy’, and two years ago he received a 10-week ban for grabbing the genitals of Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones during a Six Nations tournament. Game.
An independent disciplinary committee considered Marler’s checkered history, but also noted that he apologized to Heenan.
“I’m so sorry for Jake Heenan and his family, the guy I insulted or tried to insult, and also for my teammates and for the club, because they really must be at a point now where they’re like ‘here we’re going back,'” Marler said on The Joe Marler Show.
“At what point are you going, ‘yeah, you can say sorry, mate, but stop doing it f******?’ I guess that’s the point, isn’t it?
Marler has already been punished for offenses off the ball, including a 10-week ban for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones by the genitals
“We always have a choice, don’t we? We have a choice whether you can actually use it for good, regardless of what the RFU has done in terms of a ban or an example.
“It’s about what I can do to make it useful and good for me in the future.
Marler received a six-week ban for the comments – including four weeks suspended
“And I guess it’s a realization that I don’t have long left to be able to play the game. So I want to use the time I have left at the club to embrace it and play the game.”
Heenan reacted angrily to Marler’s comments, causing a big melee between the sides.
Marler said he had “absolutely no idea” Heenan’s mother was in the hospital and revealed that his (Marler’s) wife picked on him during the episode.
Marler made derogatory comments about Bristol flanker Jake Heenan’s mother, who is ill in hospital
“She turned to me afterwards and she was like, ‘You’re an idiot, aren’t you? You’re just a moron,'” Marler added.
“I went, ‘What do you mean? I thought you were supposed to defend me.”
“And she said, ‘Why am I standing up for you? It’s not even a funny attempt. Why don’t you stop doing it? Or, if you feel the need to, don’t. don’t involve your family members.
“‘You never know what’s going on in people’s lives and just because it doesn’t affect you on the pitch doesn’t mean it won’t affect others’.”
Marler, who has 83 Test caps for England, reiterated his apologies for his actions
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