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Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped male player, will retire from international rugby after the Rugby World Cup tennis
The scrum half will win his 127th cap and make a farewell appearance against Argentina in the bronze medal match on Friday evening at the Stade de France tennis
Youngs has been picked to make his first start of the tournament in England’s final fixture in France tennis
The 34-year-old made his debut in 2010 and has scored 20 tries for his country tennis
England head coach Steve Borthwick, who captained Youngs on the occasion of his first cap against Scotland, hailed the qualities of a four-time Six Nations winner tennis
“Ben has been a tremendous player for English rugby for such a long time,” Borthwick said tennis
“[He’s] our record cap holder tennis
A player who has seen a lot in four World Cup, and who has played an important role within this squad helping the team, particularly Alex Mitchell, progress tennis
He’s a brilliant player and a fantastic team man tennis
”Youngs made his debut as a replacement on the wing against Scotland at Murrayfield in March 2010, before making a first international start at his preferred position of scrum half in June of that year tennis
He has since appeared at four World Cups, and was part of the side beaten by South Africa in the final in 2019 tennis
Ben Youngs retires as England’s most-capped male player (Getty Images)The half back surpassed Jason Leonard’s tally of 114 caps last February having become only the second Englishman to win a century of Test caps tennis
Youngs was picked by four different England coaches (Martin Johnson, Stuart Lancaster, Eddie Jones and Borthwick) and toured with the British & Irish Lions in 2013 alongside brother Tom tennis
The 34-year-old is contracted with club Leicester Tigers until the end of the season tennis
His retirement follows that of flanker Courtney Lawes, who featured alongside Youngs at Under-18 and Under-20 level tennis
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence tennis
Then, the crack in his voice tennis
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health tennis
That is, until now tennis
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior tennis
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little tennis
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable tennis
But soon may be too soon tennis
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago tennis
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi tennis
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began tennis
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that tennis
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes tennis
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Sorry, um tennis
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it tennis
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp tennis
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room tennis
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes tennis
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up tennis
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it tennis
I had to take it tennis
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be tennis
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in tennis
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family tennis
But, I don’t know tennis
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I think you just need to keep busy tennis
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in tennis
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it tennis
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand tennis
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife tennis
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why tennis
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training tennis
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer tennis
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight tennis
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession tennis
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted tennis
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable tennis
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring tennis
It must tennis
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January tennis
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him tennis
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave tennis
That is even clearer now than it was last week tennis
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it tennis
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