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By Frank Dalleres England rugby star Joe Marler has inflamed tensions ahead of their clash with New Zealand on Saturday by branding the haka “ridiculous” and saying that the All Blacks’ traditional pre-match dance “needs binning”. Harlequins prop Marler, 34, made the comments on social media just days before the teams meet in Twickenham this weekend but deactivated his account on X after they met with a furious backlash. “The haka needs binning. It’s ridiculous,” he wrote of the haka, which has been performed by the All Blacks for more than 130 years. Last week England’s rugby league team star…

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