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MY DAY OFF… PODCASTING WITH JOE MARLER

TALKING EXCLUSIVELY Trugby on a podcast would not float Joe Marler’s boat. Well, that’s putting it without colour. Ask the man himself if he’d considered starting a rugby pod and he says: “You know there are certain things you have to do, like taking the bins out. But if you do a podcast, I wanted to do a podcast that sort of made my d*** hard.”

And like that, we are off and rolling. Yes, we can talk to the England and Harlequins loosehead prop about joining up with the national squad for reconditioning before the Six Nations resumption. Or the Autumn Nations Cup. Or the end to the Premiership season. Or how his view of his own game has evolved over time. And some of those things do come up while chatting. He is very appreciative of what rugby has brought him in life.

“We’ve had one of our episodes pulled by James Bond’s bosses”

But it is clear the forward is throwing

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