Marler

Four weeks of Marler’s six are suspended and , if the stories are right, it went well beyond “sledging”.

I'd far rather someone tried hurting my feeling than my brain 

Exactly my point.

If Hennan had had the self discipline to front up to Marler rather than attack him, he would have made Marler look like the embarrassing idiot he is.

I note Marler was wearing 'tights' during the match. Was this in preparation for a future career with other 'C' list nobodies in pantomime as the villain?

As far as I can see absolutely no one anywhere has suggested it was a homophobic comment. 

Apologies for my inference above. 

Now that what he said is out in the public domain, a shocking thing to have said. 

Is there any report/evidence about Heenan making this comment?  Marler made no reference to any such comments in his submission to the RFU.  

The transcript I read (and I couldn't find it when I originally posted) referred to Heenan saying you must be mad to Marler. Of course this is commonly said when someone does something daft and usually said without much thought and not because it is thought the person is genuinely mad. 

My point was that with Marler's well publicised mental health issues Heenan's comment could well have been misinterpreted. The fact Marler apologised after the game and then admitted his guilt at the hearing and didn't seek to use Heenan's comment as mitigation is at least to his credit even if he was a pi11ock for saying what he did in the first place.