The club confirmed Tuesday that Leicester Tigers’ Prop Dan Cole will retire from rugby at the end of the season.
Cole played 565 games in a 19-year rugby career, including 118 England Test Caps, making him the second-highest-type male player.
The Tigers are second in Premiership Rugby. The semi-finals will be held from June 6th to 7th, with the final set on June 14th at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.
“It wasn’t an easy decision at all. I’ve tried and tried hard. But I think this is the perfect time for me to finish playing,” Cole said in a statement.
“Throughout time with ages like Ben Youngs, Julian Montoya and others around that time, I spend time at the club at the end of the season, and in the next season in a new chapter, Jeff comes as head coach, the club kicks on and it’s the right time for me to go.
“This is something I did and I know every day for the past 20 years, so the simplest thing was to keep signing and playing for a year, but that’s right.
“Physically, as I get older, it’s definitely difficult to keep going, looking around the changing room is ten years older than most of the people with me, which is also challenging. I don’t want to be old.
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