Kearnan Myall: ‘Several England players I know dread training camp’

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The former Wasps lock sounds the alarm over the mental wellbeing of top players after intolerable pressure and scrutiny took him to the brink of suicide

No one is paying much attention to the tall man sitting quietly on a sunny hotel terrace in Richmond. Such is life for the majority of professional rugby players, even those with 13 years of sterling club service. Kearnan Myall played more than 200 games for Wasps, Sale and Leeds and toured with England to Argentina in 2013 without many people contemplating the human being beneath the headguard.

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Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/19/kearnan-myall-england-players-mental-health-training-camp under the title “Kearnan Myall: ‘Several England players I know dread training camp’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.