Dan Cole made light of the international retirement of his old mate Joe Marler by revealing that he told the now former England prop: “Who the f--- am I going to room with, Joe? You’ve stitched me up here.

Prop Marler quits international rugby after winning 95 caps for his country, following a week in which he courted controversy with his comments about the All Blacks haka

England prop Joe Marler has retired from international rugby after 95 tests since 2012. The 34-year-old Marler was in the squad for the autumn series but left England’s camp on Monday for personal reasons.