British & Irish Lions Tour: Jamie George Saracens hooker talks isolation, England, team-mates
How’s isolation working out for you?
Isolation’s all right actually.
Weirdly I am quite enjoying the lockdown. I managed to get a very makeshift gym
installed into my garage. If I hadn’t done that, I could have put on 20kg
during this lockdown! I am trying to turn it the other way. Rugby fans can book
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You have got a dog as well to take out,
haven’t you?
It is nice to be able to use your
hour of exercise to take him out. He is a Hungarian Vizla called Otamendi. No,
I am not a Man City fan. If I was going to call him after a footballer, I would
call him Grealish. I was quite keen to call him Wesley, after Aston Villa’s new
striker, but my partner Kate wasn’t so keen, so he is Otto, full name Otamendi.
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It is going to be tough. I will be 32
by the time of the next World Cup, but a lot of players are still playing
international rugby late into their 30s and my position at hooker it is a bit
generous to older players so hopefully, I can cling on in there. I have good
grip strength! Anything on top of my career so far, I have been very lucky,
would be great, to be honest.
Who has been an important team-mate
in your career?
Schalk Brits joined Saracens the year
I went full time and then John Smit arrived and was here for two years. They
were two very different hookers in terms of style of play; John was probably
the best scrummaging hooker who I have played with or against and was very good
leader, while Schalk was a freak with some of his abilities in the loose. I
tried to pick off little bits of both their games.
What about on the coaching side?
I played with Steve Borthwick for
four or five years as a kid when he was a captain, but his impact on my outlook
on my game as a coach, initially at Saracens and then with England, has been
huge. International rugby can be tough, but his little conversations have been
key in keeping my spirits high.
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