My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose - the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back on his career in the game

IT’S fair to say I had a slightly chequered England career. I played in 1981 and 1982, winning five caps, but when England went on tour to Argentina, I wasn’t able to go because I was in the last year of my degree at Cambridge University and Dusty Hare played in the two internationals. After that, it was a struggle to get back in – it took five years!
Since 1976, I’ve had 21 operations, including having a brain tumour r...