Harlequins star Joe Marler has 'no problem' with looming retirement

Joe Marler is only too aware that retirement is beginning to loom large and when the time comes rugby's most colourful character will have no problem walking away from the sport. The England prop saw his season brought to a close away at Saracens last weekend, Harlequins' Premiership defence falling at the semi-final hurdle to their bitter London rivals.

Ad/> While Marler featured in every game of England's Six Nations campaign, coming off the bench in all five matches, he was omitted from Eddie Jones' squad for their summer tour of Australia. RugbyAlex Austerberry praised Marlie Packer's form at the Allianz Premier 15s final04/06/2022 AT 12:36 Marler has previously stepped away from England duty, but this was entirely down to Jones, who went with long-time loosehead rival Mako Vunipola instead.

That is a decision that Marler accepts, coming to terms with the fact that the end of his career is approaching, and the chance to spend more time with family is one that he relishes. «Missing a lot of my son's football tournaments, they often trigger me to go 'Oh Christ, do I really need to be running into 20-stone blokes who are just going to belt me week in, week out?' rather than having a beer watching my son play in a football tournament,» said the 32-year-old, who has partnered with supplement brand Bioglan for their first series 'In Bioglan Balance' alongside influencer Mat Carter to show how he finds balance in his busy life «But at the same time, I get there as much as I can, I support him and the other kids as much as I can whilst knowing that I haven't got long left.

It won't be long until the boots are finally hung up for the 15th time. So I'm just trying to make the most of that, it's all I can do really.