Waking up in Paris on a Monday morning, Nathan Hughes found his phone buzzing with a deluge of notifications. His wife alerted him to the news, prompting his disbelief and excitement.
Hughes, a former England number eight, experienced a deeply emotional moment upon seeing his name included in the Fiji squad. He shared that the prospect of facing Steve Borthwick’s England team this summer would be “mind-blowing.” The veteran forward also recalled a specific, memorable one-liner from Eddie Jones regarding his physique.
