LIST | 5 times England legends clashed with current stars
Rugby NewsSaturday, 19 September 2020 at 13:56
Over the years, a number of England legends and current players have ended up arguing, falling out or having a good old twitter spat over their difference of opinions.
1. Cipriani vs. Catt
Teammates for England’s 2007 Rugby World Cup training squad, eight years later the two clashed ahead of the 2015 showpiece when Catt had joined Stuart Lancaster’s backroom staff. Catt over-reacted to a perceived lack of effort in a training drill and allegedly told the 27-year-old twice: ‘I will end your England career’. The two haven’t been on speaking terms since.
2. Back vs. Haskell
Haskell was caught in an online row with World Cup-winner, Neil Back in 2015. The spat began when Hask retweeted an official post from the England Rugby account, in which Haskell calls upon Saturday’s Manchester crowd to get behind the team.
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3. Marler vs Woodward
The Harlequins prop fired back at the former England boss on social media following stinging criticism from Woodward about the preparations of the loosehead and his England teammate Dan Cole for last November’s final defeat to South Africa in Japan. Doubt they're on each others Christmas card list.
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4. Burgess vs. Ford
The former Bath centre called his ex-club coach and England international Mike Ford a “snake” and accused him of “sabotage” as he opened up about England’s disastrous 2015 World Cup.
“I came back from the World Cup and I literally went in his office and said, ‘Hey Mike, I don’t trust you. I think you’re playing games behind my back,'” Burgess told the House of Rugby podcast.
“‘You used me as a bit of a pawn in your game of chess. I can’t put my boots on and play for you every week.'”
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5. Ward vs. Wood
Tom Wood became embroiled in a Twitter dispute with Harlequins hooker Dave Ward over comments he made regarding the England captaincy following the disastrous 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.
The Northampton Saints back-row admitted that should he be offered the chance to succeed Robshaw, he would step up to the task to lead his country.
"Reading @tomwood678 article in the Mail, with friends like that who needs enemies? How about the 47 pens you gave against Wales?” Ward posted on Twitter.
Wood responded: "What exactly has upset u? You seem to have acquired a stronger voice since our last chat?"
Ward answered: "Voice has always been strong just know when 2 use it. I can teach u sometime if you want, kicking a man when he's down is never the 1."
Wood responded: "Direct message me ur [sic] number so we can have a chat. Who's been kicked? What article? Ring me and stop talking tough on here."
Rather than meet Wood’s demands, Ward posted a video of him turning over Wood during a match between Quins and Saints, and added the message: "Lesson 1 how to turn the ball over."
Wood ended the conversation by posting: "Ok that's enough. I'm assuming your account has been hacked or you've lost a bet #no bottle."
Ward went on to delete his tweets, before adding that he is “old enough to know better”.
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