The Times Magazine - UK (2021-01-30)

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Few rugby players are as divisive as the confrontational Owen Farrell. But fans


are pinning their hopes on the England captain to retain the Six Nations title.


He tells Bill Borrows about Buddhism, team banter and life off the pitch


‘MY DAD NEVER LET ME


WIN AT ANYTHING’


Owen Farrell, 29, and England team-mates
during the Autumn Nations Cup final against
France, December 2020. Opposite: photographed
by Richard Lister for Castore earlier this month
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