JOE MARLER on how his tearful daughter convinced him to retire, why he stands by his Haka comments and his dream to go on I'm A Celebrity ‘Do I look like a porn star or do I look like a fat, retired rugby player watching daytime TV?’ says Joe Marler, lumbering onto a sofa and shuffling uncomfortably into a suggestive pose.
Marler sat down with Mail Sport's Nik Simon (left) to talk all things from retirement to Donald Trump.
Marler revealed his daughter Maggie (left) was in tears trying to convince him to retire.
‘I did the Girona training week – it’s lovely, Girona – but at the end of the last training session, knackered, I sat in the sun thinking, “I can’t do this anymore”,' he says.
But over the course of two hours, discussing the decision to call time on his England career, we see a different side.