England's Courtney Lawes worried if his body could make it to 100 caps with the flanker set to reach the milestone on Saturday by captaining England against Fiji.
This was after a concussion ruled the flanker out of the autumn internationals in a period where luck was not on his side.Lawes, who has spent his entire club career at Northampton Saints, is now in line to become only the fifth England men's player to hit the milestone.
Scrum-half Ben Youngs has 124 England caps, retired prop Jason Leonard has 114, while Farrell is on 107. Prop Dan Cole was the most recent player to hit a century of appearances against Ireland in this year's Six Nations."My mum drove me pretty much everywhere around the country to give me the opportunity to play rugby, which I am extremely thankful for," he added.
"He has good genes! He's just really tough. This achievement is the pinnacle. I might shed a tear, because this one will be special," she said.Head coach Steve Borthwick has only won three games since taking over from Eddie Jones last December, including last weekend's disappointingHe added: "I will do what I always do and lead from the front. Owen will continue to lead but unfortunately from a position he can not impact the game at the minute.
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