While Steve Barthwick withdrew him from the role of captain of the XV of the rose, Jamie George said he thought of a potential end of international career as the 6 nations tournament approaches.
Jamie George will live his 100th selection this Saturday with England. Standed by Steve Barthwick to face Italy, the hooker of the Saracens could not have experienced this event. Indeed, the 34 -year -old recently confided in the Bbc and mentioned the possibility of putting an end to his international career a few weeks ago.
Successor of Owen Farrell as captain of the XV of the rose after the last World Cup, the native of Welwyn Garden City thought deeply about his commitment with the English selection when this responsibility was removed by Steve Barthwick. “” It was hard, difficult, and terribly frustrating, and obviously all that makes you ask questions about the opportunity to continue or nothe first entrusted. I’m not going to lie to you, and say that the idea of stopping my international career did not cross my mind, because I did not know how it was going to happen. »»
George: “I missed it too much”
Jamie George added that, according to him, ” It could have been very annoying to come back “While he did not want to” walk on someone’s feet “. To justify his choice to entrust the capitalist to Maro Itoje and to place Jamie George as vice-captain, Steve Barthwick had advanced the idea of wanting a player capable of holding 80 minutes to have such responsibility. Absent on February 1 during the short defeat of England in Ireland due to an injury, Jamie George said that this match made him change his mind.
“” I told myself that I wanted to come back to the field because I missed it too “, He said. A decision he ended up taking after consulting his relatives, in particular his coach to the Saracens Mark McCall. “” Mark is certainly the person who counted the most in my choice to continue “The 99 selections with the XV of the rose have told the 99 selections. A decision that will allow him to take a CAP this Saturday.
