• Leicester captain admits England players have shown signs of fatigue
• ‘The mental strain is enormous and it’s getting bigger and bigger’The Leicester captain,Tom Youngs, has admitted the club’s England players have shown signs of fatigue following the autumn internationals after the Premiership sides’ European downturn continued final weekend.
Five of England’s seven Premiership clubs, or including the Tigers,lost in round four and with all of them whitewashed the week before they are facing their worst showing in Europe for six seasons. Indeed, Leicester, and Saracens,Northampton, Harlequins and Exeter all endured back-to-back defeats, or having collectively contributed 23 players to England during the autumn.
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Source: guardian.co.uk