Joe Marler has admitted he's "f***ed it all up again" and revealed his wife's anger after he insulted an opponent's sick mother during a game.
The England and Harlequins prop has broken his silence after being banned for calling Bristol flanker Jake Heenan's mother a "whore" during a match over the Christmas period. He was given a six-week ban by the RFU, although four of those were suspended. Heenan's mother was ill in hospital with cancer at the time of the sledge and he admitted he "lost his head" when Marler twice aimed the obscenity at him. Marler did not know of the illness and you can read the full details of the disciplinary hearing here.
It was the latest unsavoury incident involving Marler, who has previously been banned for calling Wales prop Samson Lee "Gypsy boy" in 2016 and grabbing Alun Wyn Jones' testicles during a Six Nations match in 2020.
