Just Now:Joe Marler: England prop retires from international rugby

Marler played in the 2015 World Cup and reached the 2019 World Cup final as well as the 2023 semi-final. He also made the British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of New Zealand in 2017.He was part of Steve Borthwick’s squad for the Autumn Nations Series but left the camp on Monday ahead of their defeat by New Zealand at Twickenham for personal reasons and has now revealed he won’t return to the international team again, although he will continue playing for Harlequins until the end of the season.This is the real one this time,” he said. “It’s time for me to move on. The time has come for me to finally hang up my England rugby boots.

“I feel very sad but very proud to have been given the chance and the opportunities over the years to represent England and I’ve got so many fond memories of wearing the white shirt.I’ve been really, really lucky to experience both the mega highs and the mega lows in an England shirt and I’ll cherish all of them because they all count.