Leicester Tigers prop Ellie Genge has fired back at Brian Moore after the BBC pundit suggested the prop was guilty of undermining officials.
Neither Genge nor Tigers team-mate Dan Cole started for the league-leaders during Saturday's 26-20 defeat away to Premiership titleholders Harlequins. It was during that period on the sidelines the prop pair were seen addressing an official following a scrum penalty to the hosts, which Moore saw as an attempt to apply pressure.
“At one point in the game both Ellis Genge and Dan Cole were berating one of Barnes’ assistant referees whilst they were warming up as substitutes in the in-goal area," the ex- England hooker wrote for the Telegraph . "They were obviously disagreeing with Barnes’ decision that held the Tigers’ front row as being responsible for a collapsed scrum.
