{"id":293008,"date":"2023-10-25T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293008"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:25:13","slug":"ben-youngs-confirms-his-retirement-from-international-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/ben-youngs-confirms-his-retirement-from-international-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Youngs confirms his retirement from international rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ben Youngs confirms his retirement from international rugby, with England&#8217;s most-capped men&#8217;s player set to bow out in Friday&#8217;s Bronze match at the World Cup against Argentina<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ben Youngs will retire from international rugby at the end of the World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He is England&#8217;s most-capped men&#8217;s player, and will earn his 127th cap on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Youngs will bow out after winning the Six Nations three times in his career\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England&#8217;s most-capped men&#8217;s player Ben Youngs has announced that he will retire from international rugby at the end of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Youngs, 34, is set to earn his 127th cap when he starts England&#8217;s Bronze match against Argentina on Friday, and he will be looking to bow out with a final World Cup win.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed his decision on BBC&#8217;s 5 Live Sport on Wednesday shortly after being named in Steve Borthwick&#8217;s starting XV to face their South American opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Youngs&#8217; international career has spanned over 13 years since he made his debut in the Calcutta Cup against Scotland in March 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He marked his first start for his country with a solo try in a narrow 21-20 win over Australia later that summer, and went on to play in the World Cup the following year, with England making the quarter-finals before being knocked out by France.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/15\/76989117-12671533-image-a-93_1698245783470.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Youngs will call time on his international career after Friday&#8217;s Bronze match at the World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/16\/76990107-12671533-image-a-117_1698247072914.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Youngs has won the Six Nations three times and will retire after winning his 127th cap on Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/16\/76990113-12671533-image-a-118_1698247112352.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Youngs scored a try on his first international start back in 2010, and has been a key part of England&#8217;s success over the last 13 years<\/p>\n<p>Youngs would go on to play in three more World Cups, and played a key role in England&#8217;s run to the final in 2019 before they fell short against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He has fallen behind Alex Mitchell and Danny Care in the pecking order for this year&#8217;s tournament, but will get one final chance to try to help England secure a third-placed finish on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He would have wished to finish on the ultimate high of playing in another final, but England&#8217;s dream of a second World Cup triumph was ended last week when they slipped to a 16-15 defeat against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Youngs can look back on a glittering career that saw him win the Six Nations three times, which included being part of the team that claimed the Grand Slam in 2016 under Eddie Jones.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored 20 tries in his 126 matches to date, and overtook Jason Leonard as England&#8217;s most-capped men&#8217;s player in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He is the second vastly experienced English player to announce his retirement this week after Courtney Lawes confirmed he will be walking away on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Lawes has not made the squad for Friday&#8217;s game, with Borthwick picking some previously out-of-favour players after a long tournament, meaning he will not get one last hurrah alongside Youngs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/15\/76989213-12671533-image-a-95_1698245881099.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Courtney Lawes also confirmed his retirement over the weekend after England&#8217;s defeat by South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a 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