England star Ben Earl has found himself at the centre of a social media storm following an incident during the Nations Championship clash against Australia at Twickenham.<\/p>\n
The Saracens back-rower is known for wearing his heart on his sleeve, but his latest antics have divided rugby supporters.<\/p>\n
Earl was involved in a heated moment with an Australian opponent during the opening stages of the contest.<\/p>\n
Footage of the incident quickly circulated on social media, with some fans questioning his behaviour.<\/p>\n
Others defended the England international, suggesting his passion is exactly what Steve Borthwick’s side needs.<\/p>\n
Ben Earl incident against Australia divides rugby fans<\/p>\n
The incident came just over three minutes into the match, after England won a scrum against the Wallabies.<\/p>\n
Earl celebrated enthusiastically, roaring and clapping towards an Australian opponent as his teammates gathered around him.<\/p>\n
However, the reaction didn’t impress everyone.<\/p>\n
Rugby account The Rugby Issue shared footage on X, writing:<\/p>\n
“I will never not cringe every time I see Earl celebrating winning a scrum to this extent.”<\/p>\n
The post sparked a debate, with supporters offering some rather brutal assessments.<\/p>\n
One fan wrote: “Celebrate like they won a world cup.”<\/p>\n
Another commented: “It’s called plastic energy.”<\/p>\n
A third added: “Every time they get a turnover or a scrum you would think they have won the world cup.”<\/p>\n
One particularly unimpressed supporter wrote: “It is pathetic. It is in Saracens DNA.”<\/p>\n
Another questioned whether the behaviour was becoming a habit among England’s players.<\/p>\n
“Itoje did the same at a charge down. Must be a thing at Sarries. Not a great look. Shake a hand,clap then concentrate and get on with the game.”<\/p>\n
However, one supporter suggested Earl knew exactly what he was doing.<\/p>\n
“Think he does it deliberately to wind up the Twitterverse at this point,” they joked.<\/p>\n
Ben Earl has previously addressed his wild celebrationsThis is hardly the first time the England rugby star<\/a> has attracted attention for his celebrations.In January 2025, Earl addressed one of his most embarrassing viral moments<\/a> during an appearance on Danny Care’s Hits Different podcast.<\/p>\n The incident occurred during England’s World Cup warm-up defeat against Ireland in 2023.<\/p>\n After Ireland were penalised for a crooked lineout throw, Earl attempted an elaborate fist pump, only for his knee to give way.<\/p>\n Reflecting on the incident, Earl joked: “I’ve got one of the great fist-pumps of our time.”<\/p>\n However, he admitted the celebration hadn’t gone entirely to plan.<\/p>\n “The knee slide was too much,” he confessed.<\/p>\n Earl explained that England were struggling badly at the time, making his reaction look even more ridiculous.<\/p>\n “I’ve gone for a split-stance fist-pump, and my knee completely caved in.”<\/p>\n He attempted to rescue the celebration by dropping onto his other knee, but the damage was already done.<\/p>\n Despite the embarrassment, Earl has shown little inclination to tone down his animated approach.<\/p>\n His latest incident against Australia suggests the Saracens star remains as passionate as ever.<\/p>\n For some supporters, that enthusiasm is exactly what international rugby needs.<\/p>\n For others, celebrating a scrum victory like a match-winning try is taking things a little too far.<\/p>\n NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!<\/p>\n England’s stars have had their say on the pitch. Now you rate every player out of five stars! \u2b50<\/p>\n Who impressed and who fell short? Have your say below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England star Ben Earl has found himself at the centre of a social media storm following an incident…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[256414,5903,118921,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-828653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-england-rugby-news","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}