England’s most capped men’s player with 126 appearances makes his first start of the tournament against Argentina at the Stade de France.
Ben Youngs makes his first start of the tournament when England clash with Argentina at the Stade de France
It brings down the curtain on an outstanding 13-year Test odyssey, the majority of which he has spent as first-choice scrum-half before his slide down the pecking order at France 2023.“There’s not a part of me that thinks ‘what if’ – I’m absolutely making the right call,” said the Leicester and Lions half-back, who picked out the 2016 series whitewash of Australia as his career highlight.
“I’ve got great memories, it’s been a great journey. The 13 years goes like that . It will be nice to finish on a high on Friday.
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