Former England wing Ben Cohen says he “chooses to overlook” being a part of the group’s 2003 Rugby World Cup triumph as a manner of dealing with life after elite sport.
Cohen has suffered from monetary difficulties, psychological well being points and listening to loss since retiring and now resists being drawn into conversations about England males’s solitary Rugby World Cup success.
“You relive that second, week in, week out, and attempting to maneuver on from it may be somewhat bit troublesome generally,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“You select to overlook what you’ve achieved – if I can get away from that, I haven’t got to reside it a lot as a result of it brings somewhat little bit of ache.”
