{"id":290356,"date":"2023-09-18T09:23:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290356"},"modified":"2023-09-18T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:23:08","slug":"englands-joe-marler-posts-tiktok-comparing-his-assist-to-ronaldo-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/englands-joe-marler-posts-tiktok-comparing-his-assist-to-ronaldo-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"England&apos;s Joe Marler posts TikTok comparing his assist to Ronaldo goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Just like Ronaldo! England star Joe Marler posts hilarious TikTok comparing his accidental assist in Japan World Cup win to Cristiano&#8217;s famous soaring header for Juventus<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England secured a scratchy 34-12 victory over Japan in the Rugby World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Marler has long been outspoken about removing taboos over mental health\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rugby World Cup 2023: Click here for Mail Sport&#8217;s latest coverage from France\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joe Marler has posted a tongue-in-cheek TikTok after his unwitting involvement in England&#8217;s second try of the game against Japan on Sunday, comparing himself to Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Borthwick&#8217;s side made it two wins from two against the Brave Blossoms in Nice, eventually finishing 34-12 winners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was however a scoreline that did not tell the full story, with England constantly stymied by handling errors and a tendency to kick on a regular basis, despite Japan largely soaking up their attempts with ease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With England only 13-12 to the good, Marler played a key role in assisting Courtney Lawes&#8217; score, with George Ford&#8217;s pass flying through Will Stuart&#8217;s hands and cannoning forward off the prop&#8217;s head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deflection put Lawes clean through a few yards out who duly dotted down, with the referee unable to award a Japan scrum for a knock-on if the ball comes off a player&#8217;s head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/08\/75547867-12530429-image-m-40_1695023492502.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/08\/75547869-12530429-image-a-41_1695023497445.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>England star Joe Marler compared himself to Cristiano Ronaldo in a hilarious TikTok<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/08\/75547303-12530429-image-a-36_1695023462233.jpg\" height=\"555\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marler&#8217;s headed intervention put Courtney Lawes clean through to score England&#8217;s second try<\/p>\n<p>A goal is a goal #rugbyworldcup #rugby #header #rugby<\/p>\n<p>Marler was quick to make light of his part in the score, jokingly comparing his &#8216;header&#8217; to the famous goal scored by Ronaldo for Juventus against Sampdoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He posted a video with his own face superimposed onto that of Ronaldo, with the caption: &#8216;A goal is a goal&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese football star leapt a staggering 2.56m in the air, hanging for around 1.5s to hand Juventus the lead and ultimately the three points against Sampdoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The England prop then continued the football analogies, claiming that he had prepared for the game by practicing headers with Jamie George and Dan Cole.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I take huge inspiration from Roberto De Zerbi and his mighty Seagulls doing a demolition job on United yesterday.&#8217; he added. &#8216;Just taking huge inspiration from them and finding a way to help the boys score.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton handed Manchester United a bruising 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford, with boos greeting some of Erik ten Hag&#8217;s calls after a dismal performance against the South Coast outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marler&#8217;s head has caught the eye regularly throughout his career, with the veteran prop often sporting colourful hair-dos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as mohicans, he once notably had a friend&#8217;s hog-roast business advertised in his hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/08\/75547927-12530429-image-a-43_1695023600441.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old&#8217;s eye-catching mohicans have grabbed the attention throughout his career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/08\/75547297-12530429-image-a-42_1695023539229.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Match referee Nika Amashukeli was unable to call a knock-on as the ball went forward off the prop&#8217;s head<\/p>\n<p>The prop&#8217;s work in removing taboos\u00a0around mental health discussions are almost unparalleled in rugby, with the 33-year-old previously revealing his own battles in an interview with Mail Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rugby is such a macho, alpha-male dominated sport and you don&#8217;t want to expose yourself. You don&#8217;t want people thinking, &#8220;This bloke&#8217;s weak as p*ss, he talks about his feelings, he&#8217;ll crumble, let&#8217;s get into him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t want my struggles with mental health to provide the opposition with an advantage. After that game, there was this worry that I could be exposed, so I tried to become this fake tough guy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I made a thing out of telling people to p*ss off. The scary haircuts and everything else were just part of this persona of, &#8220;F**k you lot, I&#8217;m all right, I don&#8217;t cry, I don&#8217;t kiss or cuddle&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12530429\/England-Joe-Marler-TikTok-Japan-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Juventus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like Ronaldo! England star Joe Marler posts hilarious TikTok comparing his accidental assist in Japan World Cup win to Cristiano&#8217;s famous soaring header for Juventus England secured a scratchy 34-12 victory over Japan in the Rugby World Cup\u00a0 Joe Marler has long been outspoken about removing taboos over mental health\u00a0 Rugby World Cup 2023: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>England&amp;apos;s Joe Marler posts TikTok comparing his assist to Ronaldo goal - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/englands-joe-marler-posts-tiktok-comparing-his-assist-to-ronaldo-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England&amp;apos;s Joe Marler posts TikTok comparing his assist to Ronaldo goal - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just like Ronaldo! 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