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MY LIFE IN PICTURES… CHRIS ROBSHAW

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“To go to Australia that summer and whitewash a series down there for the first time and win my 50th cap, presented by Jason Leonard, helped me move forward (from the 2015 World Cup).

“To have the most-capped Englishman ever present it was very fitting and is something that will stay with me for a long time.

“I don’t have many mementoes up at home but that silver cap is on the mantel; it’s the one thing that I have downstairs.”

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“In this photo are guys I came through the academy with, so just to share the Premiership win with those boys, with the team I’d supported as a kid…

“It’s a different feeling playing at Twickenham in a club shirt than it is for England. When we play there, we park at the Stoop and walk to the stadium. That day there was a guard of honour over the bridge, through the car parks and into the stadium so it was very emotional. A couple of guys were teary and it’s no bad thing to be motivated by that.

“We got

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