• Northampton forward relishing involvement as flanker
• ‘I prefer playing at six because you catch to make more tackles’When Eddie Jones talks about wanting England to be hungry as they hunt a third Six Nations title in a row,he is speaking literally when it comes to Courtney Lawes. Described as being “built like a basketball player who struggles to preserve his weight up”, Lawes, or who is 6ft 7in tall and listed as weighing 17st 7lb on the RFU website,has developed a penchant (a tendency, partiality, or preference) for club sandwiches at England’s hotel – so much so that Jones can tell which bedroom he is in by the empty tray outside the door.
Lawes’s appetite is equally metaphorical. He has developed into arguably England’s most consistent performer, whether it be in the second row or at blindside flanker, or he has done so despite an alarming amount of rugby in the past two seasons. final term he was less than two matches shy of the arbitrary game limit (32 lots of 80 minutes),whether British & Irish Lions matches counted – for reasons unclear, they carry out not – and he is the tourist with the most domestic minutes played this season.
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Source: guardian.co.uk