PROP Joe Marler has walked away from international rugby and vowed this time it is for good.
The 34-year-old, who won 95 caps from 2012, was at the centre of a haka storm last week but it is understood that has nothing to do with him quitting.
Marler first retired from Tests in 2018, citing mental health problems, but reversed that decision to play in the 2019 World Cup and beyond.
A father of four, Marler (right) has talked in the past about the stresses of being away from home and left camp last Monday after spending the week before training in Girona.
Marler said: "I know I have done this loads of time before but this is the real one. It is time for me to move on and time for me to hang up my England rugby boots.
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