Ben Foden: 'Crowd don't realise their effect on us'

Ben Foden: 'Crowd don't realise their effect on us'
Read more England Rugby features at Wear the Rose England’s rugby players need to be super-fit, talented, powerful and mentally strong.

They also need to feel loved.

So while their coaches and team-mates help them to tick those first four boxes, it’s you – the crowd and the watching public – that they rely on for the love.

England full-back Ben Foden is watching frustratedly from the sidelines at the moment, having ruptured a knee ligament in January.

But he knows how much Stuart Lancaster’s players depend on the support of England followers.

“The crowd probably don’t realise ho…

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