{"id":293000,"date":"2023-10-25T14:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293000"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:24:33","slug":"ben-youngs-to-end-record-breaking-england-career-after-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/ben-youngs-to-end-record-breaking-england-career-after-rugby-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Youngs to end record-breaking England career after Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/25\/14\/newFile-6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Youngs retires as England\u2019s most-capped male player <\/p>\n<p>The half back surpassed Jason Leonard\u2019s tally of 114 caps last February having become only the second Englishman to win a century of Test caps.<\/p>\n<p>Youngs was picked by four different England coaches (Martin Johnson, Stuart Lancaster, Eddie Jones and Borthwick) and toured with the British &#038; Irish Lions in 2013 alongside brother Tom.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old is contracted with club Leicester Tigers until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>His retirement follows that of flanker Courtney Lawes, who featured alongside Youngs at Under-18 and Under-20 level.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/rugby\/rugby-union\/ben-youngs-retirement-england-rugby-world-cup-b2435770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ben Youngs retires as England\u2019s most-capped male player The half back surpassed Jason Leonard\u2019s tally of 114 caps last February having become only the second <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/ben-youngs-to-end-record-breaking-england-career-after-rugby-world-cup\/\" title=\"Ben Youngs to end record-breaking England career after Rugby World Cup\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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