The England rugby workforce felt compelled to apologise to one among their very own gamers after defeat to Eire within the Six Nations.
Maro Itoje talking as England captain in opposition to Eire. (Picture: Getty) This text incorporates affiliate hyperlinks, we are going to obtain a fee on any gross sales we generate from it. Study extra
Sam Underhill revealed England apologised to skipper Maro Itoje after his massive day was ruined by their Eire meltdown. Itoje was profitable his a centesimal England cap and had his household within the stands as he was saluted by the Twickenham crowd earlier than it went pear-shaped and resulted in a 42-21 humbling.
The captain was changed after 54 minutes to cap a depressing afternoon for one among England’s greats and his workforce admitted their half within the collapse post-match. Flanker Underhill stated: “We addressed it as a workforce that we could not give him the day we wished for him.
“He is an extremely gracious human being. He talked about it himself, that is sport, progress is not linear. These had been his phrases. We will nonetheless have a good time what an achievement 100 caps is. It is disappointing nevertheless it does not take the shine off what is an outstanding particular person accomplishment. He is an outstanding participant, athlete, human being and chief.”
After final weekend’s Calcutta Cup flop, the defeat to Eire put a pin in England’s balloon that had been flying excessive for a 12 months.
“The reality is someplace within the center. We’re a workforce that has loads of work to do, we all know that. I’ve all the time stated that. Finally, within the final two weeks, now we have performed in opposition to two high-quality groups and so they have been higher than us. Big credit score to Eire, they took their probabilities and their kicking sport was wonderful.”
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