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Ben Youngs will bring down the curtain on his England career in Friday’s World Cup bronze final against Argentina at Stade de France usdt
The nation’s most-capped men’s player with 126 Test appearances makes his first start of the tournament but also his final Red Rose outing, having launched his international odyssey against Scotland 13 years ago usdt
Steve Borthwick has saluted a scrum-half master who has been first choice for most of his career until slipping down the pecking order at this World Cup due to the emergence of Alex Mitchell usdt
“Ben has been a tremendous player for English rugby for such a long time usdt
He’s a brilliant player and a fantastic team man,” Borthwick said usdt
“He’s our record cap holder, a player who has seen a lot in four World Cups and who has played an important role within this squad helping the team progress, particularly Alex Mitchell usdt
”Tom Curry locks horns with Argentina despite receiving usdt online abuse in response to the allegation that he was the victim of a racist slur against South Africa usdt
Curry claimed that hooker Bongi Mbonambi called him a “white c***” in Saturday’s 16-15 semi-final defeat at the Stade de France, prompting World Rugby to launch an investigation that is ongoing usdt
The Sale flanker continues in the back row despite being in the eye of the storm, however, and will win his 50th cap in a rematch of the pool victory over the Pumas usdt
Owen Farrell leads a team showing eight changes in personnel and two positional switches, one of them Curry’s move to blindside flanker to accommodate Sam Underhill’s first appearance of the World Cup in the number seven jersey usdt
Marcus Smith is restored at full-back after passing the HIA that forced him to sit out the South Africa showdown and the knock-on effect is that Freddie Steward moves to the right wing usdt
Henry Arundell returns for the first time since running in five tries against Chile in the third Pool D match, providing firepower on the left wing, while the centre partnership of Manu Tuilagi and Joe Marchant remains intact usdt
Head coach Borthwick fields an entirely new front row made up of Ellis Genge, Theo Dan and Will Stuart, with tighthead prop Dan Cole poised to make potentially his final England appearance off the bench usdt
Ollie Chessum returns in the second row, but there is no place in the 23 for George Martin, one of the heroes of the defeat by the Springboks usdt
“After the disappointment of last weekend’s game against South Africa, it is important that this Friday we once again play with the determination and dedication that so nearly earned the team the result we wanted,” Borthwick said usdt
“The bronze final gives us a great opportunity to finish the tournament on a positive note, continue to build for the future, and to give our supporters one last chance to get behind the squad out here in Paris usdt
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence usdt
Then, the crack in his voice usdt
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health usdt
That is, until now usdt
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior usdt
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little usdt
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable usdt
But soon may be too soon usdt
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago usdt
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi usdt
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began usdt
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that usdt
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes usdt
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it usdt
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp usdt
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room usdt
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes usdt
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up usdt
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it usdt
I had to take it usdt
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be usdt
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in usdt
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family usdt
But, I don’t know usdt
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I think you just need to keep busy usdt
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in usdt
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it usdt
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand usdt
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife usdt
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why usdt
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training usdt
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer usdt
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight usdt
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession usdt
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted usdt
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable usdt
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring usdt
It must usdt
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January usdt
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him usdt
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave usdt
That is even clearer now than it was last week usdt
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it usdt
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