I am the funniest man in rugby and broke large England file however have battled darkish moments and now need World Cup glory

Joe Marler has had fairly the profession each on and off the rugby pitch.

The 33-year-old has loved monumental highs and suffered horrendous lows, however he is now trying to assist England win the Rugby World Cup.

The Harlequins star has already performed an enormous position to get England to the quarter-finals, however he is not completed but.

Lifting the Webb Ellis Cup can be particular for all of Steve Borthwick’s gamers, however given what Marler has been by way of, it could be mark an unbelievable comeback.

He was born in Eastbourne and began his profession with Haywards Heath earlier than becoming a member of the Harlequins academy and making his debut in 2009.

He has performed on the Stoop ever since and has received 4 main honours, together with two Premiership titles.

For England, Marler has 82 caps and three Six Nations titles.

However it hasn’t all been plain crusing for the prop.

Marler has had his fair proportion of controversial moments on the sphere and darkish ones away from the general public eye.

He has admitted to having suicidal ideas and is a consultant for CALM [Campaign Against Living Miserably].

He’s now utilizing his experiences to try to assist different folks.

Chatting with The Instances about his struggles final 12 months, he mentioned: “I’ve finished some work on myself, I’ve learnt masses within the final couple of years and picked up instruments and hopefully gained extra self-awareness, however there’s nonetheless stuff I haven’t handled.

“The most important breakdown I had was again in 2018, the day after an enormous row with Daisy [his wife], crying in my coach’s arms, saying, ‘I don’t wish to be right here any extra. I’m a foul individual.’”

Marler is doing a lot better as of late, nevertheless it’s not one thing that individuals ever really recover from, so the very fact he is actively attempting to assist others speaks volumes to the sort of individual he’s.

And Marler has a good way of coping with issues, being broadly often called the funniest man in rugby.

His status as a humorous man on and off the sphere is so legendary which might be quite a few compilation movies scattered throughout YouTube exhibiting Marler in all his glory.

A few of his highlights embrace sensible pre and post-match interviews, winding up opponents and referees on the pitch and a few reside singing on the Jonathan Ross Present.

He is additionally appeared on talkSPORT many occasions and left friends and listeners in tears from laughing an excessive amount of.

Marler is a novel character and also you solely have to observe considered one of these compilations to know why he is the funniest man in his sport.

He even supplied a hilarious however genius second throughout this World Cup.

The Harlequins star began England’s win over Japan and supplied an unbelievable help for Courtney Lawes when he nodded the ball by way of for his teammate to attain.

He had no thought the way it occurred, which made it even higher to observe, and after the match, he jokingly claimed it was Cristiano Ronaldo-esque.

He mentioned: “Right here’s some tips on how one can rating an awesome header.

“You’ll want to get in place early, it is advisable have clear comms to the playmaker so he can whip it in and discover the goal.

“You additionally want to leap, or somebody simply throws the ball actually onerous at your head.

“I’d wish to suppose it ranks up there with Ronaldo and the best way he used to rise up within the air, but when I’m trustworthy it was extra like when John Prescott bought egged.”

Since then, Marler has damaged England’s long-standing bench press file.

In a video simply launched, the large prop will be seen lifting an unbelievable 190kg.

However after smashing this problem, his consideration will probably be mounted squarely on taking part in Fiji.

Marler was a part of the 2019 workforce that completed as runners-up to South Africa, so to go one step additional this time would imply all the pieces to this man who has been to hell and again.