Paul Rees talks to Ben Youngs as he prepares to call time on his career after 18 years at Leicester and 127 England caps
Ben Youngs, England’s most capped men’s player who will retire at the end of the season after 18 years as a professional with Leicester, compares his career to a Bunsen burner.
“There is a blue flame which burns so hard with your desire to achieve and get after it every week, but at the end it is flickering with only a bit of oxygen sustaining it,” said Youngs, who retired from international rugby after the 2023 World Cup having won 127 caps.
“I could probably do another ...
