Piers Morgan rages as Canberra Raiders’ hilarious England Ashes mockery goes global

The Canberra Raiders pulled off one of the most hilarious post-try celebrations in recent memory, but it hasn’t gone down well with big wigs in the UK. See the video

Jordan Rapana roasts England with epic try celebration. Picture: NRL Imagery.

The Lord’s controversy may never die, but at least it’s finally being used for good rather than mindless whingeing, after Canberra produced one of the greatest try celebrations of all time.

After Jordan Rapana opened the scoring for the Raiders in the eighth minute, the star winger took the opportunity to re-enact the infamous Jonny Bairstow stumping, as part of a charity fundraising campaign by a betting agency.

The Raiders survived a classic ‘fade out’ at WIN Stadium on Friday night, giving up a 20-point second half lead to win 36-26 over tackle-shy St George Illawarra Dragons.

Jordan Rapana prepares for his delivery. Picture: NRL Imagery.

Elliot Whitehead (aka Jonny Bairstow) lines up. Picture: NRL Imagery.

Just found out the batsman in this shameful spirit-of-the-game mocking stunt is not only ENGLISH, but a YORKSHIREMAN. What on earth are you doing Elliott Whitehead? Are you a closet Australian? pic.twitter.com/BvT1008Gmf

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 7, 2023

Rapana, the tryscorer, sent down a ‘bouncer’ directed at his English teammate Elliott Whitehead – who walked out of his crease ala Bairstow, and was promptly ‘stumped’ by hooker Zac Woolford while the rest of the team appeal.

However, the joke didn’t go down well with British media personality Piers Morgan, who took to Twitter to vent his rage.

“Just found out the batsman in this shameful spirit-of-the-game mocking stunt is not only ENGLISH, but a YORKSHIREMAN,” Morgan wrote.

“What on earth are you doing Elliott Whitehead? Are you a closet Australian?”

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