{"id":291584,"date":"2023-09-07T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291584"},"modified":"2023-09-07T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:36:49","slug":"danny-care-reveals-the-best-gifts-the-england-squad-got-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/danny-care-reveals-the-best-gifts-the-england-squad-got-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Care reveals the best gifts the England squad got each other"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whilst Care opted for golf balls with the England rose on, he conceded he was rather outdone by his Harlequins team-mate Smith.<\/p>\n
\u201cSmith came in with 60 degrees Mizuno wedges, personalised with your initials and the England rose on it. I think that had to be the best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Other gifts included massage goggles from Itoje and gin from Manu Tuilagi, who owns a distillery alongside his seven brothers. One gift that failed to live up to the billing, though, was that of Youngs who first brought in the idea.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoungs brought 32 travel adaptors, which was practical, but you may have expected more from England\u2019s most-capped men\u2019s player of all time,\u201d Care said.<\/p>\n
For the 36-year-old, the tournament offers perhaps one final chance at World Cup redemption. Despite having 90 caps for his country, the veteran has played just one game in a World Cup – a dead rubber in 2015 against Uruguay. <\/p>\n
“I was going to come out here and be doing the interviews and know I\u2019m the one answering the questions. It was a bit of a pinch-me moment when we landed in Le Touqet,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI always dreamed that it wasn\u2019t over but to actually be out, to go to the opening ceremony and get your cap, it all feels very real now.\u201d<\/p>\n
England get their World Cup underway on Saturday with a tricky test against Argentina.<\/p>\n