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13th Feb 2017

Tom Youngs needed just one word to sum up the sight of Joe Marler in Farmers Weekly

It rhymes with 'anchor'

Darragh Murphy

Tom Youngs found himself leafing through the most recent edition of Farmers Weekly at the weekend when he discovered a familiar face.

The grin of England prop Joe Marler met Youngs as he flipped through his favourite periodical.

A proud farm boy, Youngs regularly picks up the magazine and he had quite the succinct reaction to the sight of his former international compatriot being handed a bottle of milk by a Norfolk dairy farmer.

Marler recently made headlines due to his insistence that his lightning quick recovery from a broken leg was all down to drinking milk.

The prop remarkably started both of England’s Six Nations victories despite the fact that he broke a bone in his leg a month ago and while Youngs is not a part of Eddie Jones’ squad for the tournament, he is understandably keeping abreast of how England are doing.

Youngs advised family friend and dairy farmer Jo Burroughs to bring a bottle of milk with her when going to watch England’s tournament opener against France at Twickenham last week so that she could give it to the milk-mad Marler.

A photo was taken.

An article was written.

And Youngs reckons Marler’s a wanker.