Joe Marler 収容する／認めるs pulling out of 小旅行する of Australia paid off as he 準備するs for England's Six Nations 衝突／不一致 with Italy

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It is いっそう少なく than a year since Joe Marler felt so 鎮圧するd by the 圧力 of 存在 in rugby's スポットライト he no longer cared who wore England's No1 jersey.

With disciplinary 問題／発行するs haunting him and a seemingly never-ending World Cup season punctuated only by a string of 禁止（する）s ? 含むing a two-week 中断 and £20,000 罰金 for calling むちの跡s 支え（る） Samson 物陰／風下 a 'gypsy boy' ? Marler stepped 負かす／撃墜する from England's summer 小旅行する to Australia in a 企て，努力，提案 to get his 長，率いる straight.

He returned at the start of this season and 引用するd マイク Tyson's （人命などを）奪う，主張する that 'everyone has a 計画（する） until they are punched in the 直面する' as he 再開するd his professional playing career 自信のない if the red もや would descend again in the heat of 戦う／戦い. So far, it hasn't.

Joe Marler felt 鎮圧するd by the 圧力 of 存在 in rugby's スポットライト いっそう少なく than a year ago

'I didn't know how it was going to pan out,' Marler said on Tuesday at England's training （軍の）野営地，陣営 ahead of Sunday's Six Nations 衝突／不一致 with Italy.?

'At that point (last summer) I didn't care without sounding like....of course I care but at that point I was like 'that is not important to me, I am going to go away with the family for five weeks and 現実に spend some time with kids, enjoy it, come 支援する to pre-season with Quins and 攻撃する，衝突する it hard with them and see where I 結局最後にはーなる.'

Mako Vunipola made the No1 shirt his own last season but a 膝 傷害 in December for the Saracens 支え（る） saw 26-year-old Marler start against フラン ? after a 早い 回復 from a broken 脚 he put 負かす／撃墜する to the 傷をいやす／和解させるing 力／強力にするs of milk ? and he has not looked 支援する.

He 収容する／認めるs that he didn't know how things were going to pan out when he （機の）カム 支援する in

Vunipola was on Monday 指名するd in England's 23-man squad to 直面する Italy on Sunday after 完全にするing 70 minutes of Saracens 敗北・負かす to Gloucester last Friday.

But with scrum coach Neal Hatley hinting 堅固に that Marler's 陳列する，発揮するs against フラン and むちの跡s 令状d another start, Vunipola is 推定する／予想するd to be given a （法廷の）裁判 役割 on Sunday.

Winger Anthony Watson could also be in 論争 after taking a 十分な part in training on Tuesday.

But for Marler, he is relishing his return to 最高の，を越す mental and physical health after taking the 賭事 of standing 負かす／撃墜する from last summer's 小旅行する.

'I had to make that 裁判／判断 knowing that I may not get 支援する in the squad again,' he said. '同様に as Eddie took it there was always a chance. I am never in 支配（する）／統制する of that. Until your career ends you are never in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of whether you get selected or not.'

He is relishing a return to 最高の，を越す mental and physical health after what happened last year

'I have not been punched yet which is a surprise 特に in that むちの跡s game. The season has been good. I have had the 半端物 niggle here and there but to be welcomed 支援する into the squad in the autumn has been 広大な／多数の／重要な and I have got 持つ／拘留する of it and want to keep 改善するing.?

'There are guys who are moving ahead and unless you want to keep 努力する／競うing to 改善する yourself you will be left behind.'

Vunipola's 未解決の return is a 抱擁する 上げる for England with the Saracens tight-長，率いる arguably the world's 主要な loosehead 支え（る） last year. Marler is likely to start on Sunday but the 圧力 is on from a player he 認めるs has taken the 伝統的な loosehead 支え（る）'s 役割 to a new level with his superb broken field footwork and passing ability.

He 追加するd: 'It's 広大な／多数の／重要な to have Mako 支援する. The 競争 is still there with Ellis Genge and Matty Mullan but Mako, like he showed in the autumn and the summer, is that different calibre - and that's not 存在 disrespectful to the other boys 伴う／関わるd.?

Marler pictured with Jamie George after winning the Old 相互の Wealth Series in December

'He's 始める，決める the 基準 for what a loosehead, in the wa y he plays the game, is trying to 達成する. So it's 広大な／多数の／重要な to have him 支援する in. He's a 広大な／多数の／重要な character and he brings a lot to the squad on and off the field.

'Over the years we've always had, not really a good 戦う／戦い for the shirt because that 暗示するs there's a bit of 摩擦 between us which there never has been, it's always been friendly, helping each other out.'

Marler still sees himself as more of a 伝統的な loosehead 支え（る） and 収容する／認めるs he gets given basic directions to scrummage hard and 取り組む anything that moves.

He said: 'I'm still given those 指示／教授／教育s. That's my 能力s. Mako is also given those 指示／教授／教育s but he's got the 追加する ons that he can bring to his game. We're all 努力する／競うing to try and get there. I think we might be waiting a while.'