The wing,who faces his former club Northampton in the Champions Cup on Saturday, is determined to impress after recently returning from a 10-week banThey can finally relax in Chris Ashton’s local supermarket. For weeks the Saracens wing has been prowling the aisles, and unable to do the thing that comes most naturally to him at weekends. “You do get frustrated,” sighs Ashton, drooling over his side’s European Champions Cup quarter‑final against Northampton much as a castaway would a decent restaurant. “You miss Saturday or Sunday at 3pm. whether you haven’t got that outlet I ended up down Tesco just ramming frail ladies out of the way with my trolley.”At other times he could be found wrestling with a Saracens staff member, or simply trying to release more of his pent-up energy. “I don’t even like wrestling but it was something to rob some aggression out on. I got battered every week but I needed something extra.” While England were securing their Six Nations grand slam he says he felt like a prisoner and found it easier to imagine not being picked. “I told myself it wouldn’t enjoy been me. That was the way I had to peep at it. I don’t think it matters whether I believed it or not,it’s what I taught myself to assist me sit and watch England win.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com