Piers Morgan comes under fire from NRL players and fans after complaining about ’embarrassing’ attempt celebration mocked in English Ashes scandal
Polarizing broadcaster Piers Morgan has been roasted by a host of NRL identities after complaining about a post-try celebration that mocked Jonny Bairstow’s infamous Ashes stumping.
morgan tweeted his disgust that Raiders star Elliott Whitehead, who is from Yorkshire, was happy to take part in the playful scenes on Friday in Wollongong that followed Jordan Rapana scoring an early three-pointer against the Dragons.
Backrower Whitehead pretended to be Bairstow on the pitch, with Morgan fuming.
“Just found out the batsman in this embarrassing trick mocking the spirit of the game is not only English but Yorkshire as well,” Morgan tweeted.
‘What the hell are you doing, Elliott Whitehead? Are you a closet Aussie?
Piers Morgan has been roasted by a host of NRL identities after complaining about a post-try celebration that mocked Jonny Bairstow’s infamous Ashes stumping.
The Raiders mocked the England cricket team during their NRL match on Friday in hilarious scenes (England’s Elliott Whitehead in the center)
It didn’t take long for Morgan to attract an avalanche of criticism online.
Channel 7’s Jim Wilson tweeted in response: ‘No, he’s [Whitehead] a fair and reasonable man, unlike you,” before labeling Morgan a “serial pest” and a “whiner.”
Channel 10’s Jelisa Apps continued the stack, tweeting ‘could be better than activating Piers? This is a great day.
Whitehead’s teammate Zac Woolford, who took on the role of Australian goalkeeper Alex Carey in the post-try celebratory antics, responded: “Why wouldn’t I want to be an Australian? The best country in the world.
What Morgan presumably didn’t know was that Sportsbet is offering NRL teams $5,000 for imaginative post-try celebrations as part of their annual Try July campaign.
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Canberra Raiders players after their clever post-try celebration on Friday in Wollongong that angered Piers Morgan
Bairstow’s dismissal against Australia has divided opinion among cricket fans and pundits.
The betting company was said to have been so impressed with the Raiders’ parody on the field that it will hand out $10,000, according to Fox Sports host Yvonne Sampson.
The funds raised will be donated to the recovery efforts of former Sharks winger Nathan Stapleton and former NRL manager Daniel Anderson.
Stapleton became a quadriplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury while playing rugby union in country New South Wales and Anderson, who coached the Warriors and Eels between 2001 and 2010, faces the same uncertain future after a freak accident while practicing bodysurfing last December on the central coast of New South Wales. .
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