• Prop has had no call from Eddie Jones despite Vunipola injury
• Marler happy out of England fray but Wales is ‘incredible’ game
Joe Marler has admitted he would love to be playing for England against Wales on Saturday but insists he has no regrets over his international retirement despite Mako Vunipola’s injury-enforced absence.
England head to Cardiff light on experience at loosehead prop after Vunipola was ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations with an ankle injury, leaving Eddie Jones to choose between Ben Moon and Ellis Genge, who have five Test starts between them. Marler revealed Jones has not been in contact about coming out of retirement and, while he did not completely close the door on doing so in the future, he said adding to his 59 England caps was “highly unlikely”. He did concede that England versus Wales was his favourite fixture to play in because of the hostility of the Welsh supporters.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/20/joe-marler-england-wales-eddie-jones under the title “Joe Marler has no regrets over England absence despite pull of Wales tussle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
