'Rattled' throat slitting star's call from dad

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A "rattled" Ardie Savea has received immoderate enactment from chap players aft his inexplicable pharynx slitting gesture was roundly condemned astir the rugby world.

The fired up Hurricanes skipper also appeared to archer Rebels halfback Ryan Louwrens "you're f---ing dead" aft being yellowish carded for his relation successful a scuffle connected Friday.

Savea, 1 of the world's premier players, gave a heartfelt apology portion speaking to Stan Sport's Drew Mitchell aft the lucifer astatine AAMI Park.

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He besides revealed helium had to reply to his begetter Masena afterwards.

"It's a warrior crippled but I've got to pb by example, being skip, truthful I got that wrong. There was a spot of banter going connected and it got the amended of me," Savea said.

"I got disconnected the tract and my aged antheral called maine and benignant of growled maine disconnected truthful that's a acquisition learnt. I recognize the relation I play with the kids watching the games... it doesn't excuse what I did but we marque mistakes and hopefully I turn and larn from it."

Savea hoped helium would debar further authorisation for his "brain explosion" portion erstwhile Highlanders fastener Joe Wheeler had his accidental connected Stan Sport's Super Round coverage.

"We each hold successful New Zealand that there's nary spot for unsportsmanlike behaviour and our crippled but I deliberation from his perspective, the mode helium owned it, it's retired of character, wholly retired of character," Wheeler said.

"He's an ultra competitory bloke but you tin spot however it rattled him arsenic well.

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"He came backmost connected aft his clip successful the bin and helium conscionable was obscurity adjacent arsenic effective.

"So it evidently had an effect connected him... he's owned it."

Former Wallabies playmaker Matt Toomua and Ireland planetary John Cooney also supported Savea connected Twitter.

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