James Haskell: ‘When I came to Wasps, I was eating six meals a day. It was horrific’

The England rugby player on trying anything once – even if it’s cod sperm, pig’s heart and strawberry custardMy first memory is being taken for Indian food at the Cookham Tandoori on the High Street – I remember the poppadoms, the onions, the chicken tikka. I remember being taken for my fifth or maybe my fourth birthday to the Pizza Hut. I hated school food. I love fish now but I just hated it then. And strawberry custard, something you never see except in educational establishments.I was consuming the most food when I came to Wasps. I was eating six meals a day – 250-300g of protein, 300g of …

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