He is one of the biggest tits(one of many on the current England team) Needs to grow up and learn how to act like a man. Typical story, has a few ok games and then thinks he is a superstar! Or go back to league where this sort of behavior seems to be tolerated.
Will the next England coach be able to sort these guys out? They will cost England a game at some point with giving away penalties and yellow and red card.
There was an England prop who ended his career after disciplinary issues a couple of decades ago -needs more of that IMO
grow up ffs. bad behaviour is inexcusable in any aspect of life, never mind just sport, and particularly not in one discipline compared to another.
I didn’t actually blame his behaviour on his ex-league history. I was simply stating that perhaps this sort of behaviour seems to be tolerated or even encouraged in this country and Australia. Just read the headlines over the years of league players who seem to get themselves into trouble with drink,drugs,gambling, spousal abuse etc etc.
Ah DD, if stringer was such a muppet to give him the chance, what flanker wouldn’t have done so? Munster didn’t look like winning that game for a minute of the match, if they were a better team, they stil would have won.
Chris Ashton can be a good player, only he continues to do stupid things. If he could calm it down, he could be an all time great finisher. As it stands, he’ll soon be a marked man, and not due to his playing ability
transapp, still doesnt excuse the behaviour. You’re about to be pushed over your own line in the dying minutes and you do that? And then have the barefaced cheek to deny it post-match? Never mind, we did the dirty cheating bastards over the year after in their dump of a stadium and have gone into bigger and better things while they have declined into the mediocrity that befits them. Dirty. Cheating. Bastards.
Darcy that made me laugh!, I remember last season Neil Back saying Leicester are cheats after Leeds got beat by them. I thought that was a bit rich as he used to be the player who used to be accused of erm ‘gamesmanship’ the most!
sorry but that’s bollocks, league is no better nor worse then union for bad behaviour. are you telling me no one ever got a shoeing in union “cos he shouldn’t have been in the ruck”?
ashton should have been sent for that, same in either code, and the two who were sent off should have been sinbinned
Leicester are a bunch of cheats – it appears to be done systematically. IMO a disgrace to the game. I dislike the way they play, Ihage the way they cheat.
From sneaking yards forward at kicks to sneaky punches and knee drops to holding and blocking.
I have watched a good few English games this season and it stands out how much Leicester cheat
Ashton? Never liked him. Probably never will. Don’t think it’s anything to do with his league background. Then again, with silly hair like that (Tuilagi), you almost deserve to have it pulled. 🙂
TJ, The accusation that Tigers cheat more than other teams is ridiculous. All coaches are trying to get their teams to play on the limits of the laws but without conceding penalties. It’s just that Leicester have the most success at it! lol
Oxboy – I don’t agree. Some teams are much more sporting that others, some cheat more than others. Its tolerated or even applauded more in the English league I think. One of the reasons why English teams don’t do so well in the heineken cup and why the English national side tend to have a high penalty count.
so you admit Leicester are successful at cheating?
Have a look and you’ll see you’re spouting rubbish.
And i already know that you’ll come back with ‘well they get away with more’ which is also crap.
I think the Heiniken cup results have a LOT more to do with salary caps in the primierships plus the demands on the players that simply are not matched in any other country.
Its just an opinion and a lot of stuff goes unpunished but I have seen them play a couple of times this season and that remains my opinion. they play a deliberately cheating game. Its apart of how they set out to play.
I can’t see how to get penalties conceeded out of that those stats – that might be interesting
New Zealand and Ritchie McCaw? I wouldn’t exactly call it blatant cheating(Mrs Curtis is sitting next to me) but they are masters at playing the game to the limits. Nothing wrong with that IMO.
I’m not sure the Primership teams cheat more per sae but they certainly play a slower grinding game as a rule compared to say the Top 14 teams or whatever the cider league is called these days. All teams cheat just some teams cheat in different ways. The Aussies for instance drive me mental with their players in front of the ball carriers.
Ashton: He’s still young, he’s got talent but he still needs to grow up. He has the ability to be a rugby great. Hopefully with age will come maturity. Either way, if he continues like that he’ll get his comeuppance. There’s plenty of big, nasty players out there that’ll sort him out when he finds himself stuck in a ruck/maul.