Inside a wild Christmas with the Marlers! Ex-England star JOE MARLER opens up on his favourite festive songs, why he is not missing playing and his rugby wishes for the New Year
Daily MailThe England legend revealed he does not wish he stayed in the sport any longer People knock Christmas songs. I know there’s not going to be a great deal of sympathy for a professional rugby player over Christmas; sure, you miss out on one special day with those dearest to you, but you get paid to play sport and you get paid well enough to make lots of other days special. Not playing across this Christmas has meant I’ve watched more rugby games than ever before, and not only Leicester Tigers ones so I can see Dan Cole trotting on. I’m told that in Japan they mark the day by going out and buying a big bucket of KFC, which is the sort of idea any front row forward can get his head around. But I can tell you one group who certainly know it’s Christmas: all those fat cats at the RFU who trousered massive bonuses this year, having told us players during Covid that we were all in this together, and then decided to keep the players on the cuts while paying themselves back.
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