Ben Youngs has announced he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season.

The 35-year-old scrum-half made his 332nd senior appearance for Leicester Tigers as a replacement in the Easter Sunday win over Bristol Bears.

Youngs, England’s most-capped men’s player with 127 caps, featured in four Rugby World Cups (2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) and the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour of Australia and is also a five-time Premiership winner, and three-time runner-up.

“The time will come to thank everybody who has helped me achieve what I have but, that’s for when it comes to an end,” Youngs said.

“For now, it’s about finishing this chapter of my life with some more success. I’m not done just yet.”

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