The hardest thing about going from a Six Nations campaign back to your club is mindset. When you are in camp with England, every member of the squad is trying to become a better player, to make incremental improvements every day. For a number of reasons that is not the case at a club and that can be really frustrating as a returning international.
At any given Premiership club, at this stage of the season contract negotiations have been finalised. You have some players retiring, some still looking for clubs, some who are angry or disillusioned because they are not being retained and inevitably there are those within a 40- or 50-man squad who are winding down. Compare that with the England setup with such exacting standards and making that transition can be tough.
Written by Ugo Monye
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/mar/22/adjusting-mindset-from-six-nations-to-club-rugby-difficult under the title “Going from the Six Nations back to club rugby can be frustrating | Ugo Monye”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
