For Pete's Sake

Rugby star on former Raiders player’s comment on the sport: ‘I’d bend him right up’

Kansas City Chiefs Tyreek Hill returns a punt for a touchdown past Oakland Raiders Marquette King during Thursday’s football game at Arrowhead Stadium.
Kansas City Chiefs Tyreek Hill returns a punt for a touchdown past Oakland Raiders Marquette King during Thursday’s football game at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City Star

Former Raiders and Broncos punter Marquette King was never afraid to speak his mind, and Chiefs fans likely remember the exchange he and Travis Kelce had a few years back.

King also had a run-in with a media member in Denver, and now he’s upset a bunch of rugby players.

On Friday, King tweeted that he would dominate if he played rugby.

That caught the attention of Ellis Genge, an English rugby player. Genge, who is 6-1, 267 pounds and nicknamed “Baby Rhino,” shared this response:

Ireland rugby player Simon Zebo shared this GIF:

New Zealand’s national rugby team, the All Blacks, extended an invitation to King:

Jerome Kaino, a New Zealand rugby player, said he’d love to see King at a practice:

Former international rugby player Neil Back tweeted:

King must have heard from quite a few other rugby fans, because he tweeted this:

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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