Red Card Club this week, Tuilagi has explained how he came very close to retiring while in his early 20s following a brutal groin injury.
He told Sam Tuitupou, Dan Leo & Simon Kidney: “For me the worst one was when I did my groin. I split my pubis. That’s the one when I was out for 16 months on and off.“That was the toughest one for me, I definitely learned a lot there because I didn’t handle it very well.“It was tough because there was no time frame on it.
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