Owen Farrell, because the England captain, too, is very keen to distance himself from some poetry attributed to him – and has more than a few reasons for doing so.
I should explain. I reached out, through a mutual friend, to Mr Pitman, Farrell’s former English teacher at his alma mater St George’s, Harpenden, the state comprehensive that Farrell and fellow England stars George Ford and Maro Itoje also attended.
Mr Pitman passed on part of a poem Farrell wrote in his Year 9 English class. When I quote the couplet to him (I’ll omit the exact words so he can use them in his memoirs), he squirms with embarrassment, as if 14 again, and denies all knowledge.
Read more on msn.com