MANU TUILAGI insists the years of agony have been worth it as he prepares to sign off on his England career.
The centre will win his 60th, and probably last, cap today off the bench against France but could have had more than 150 if he had not compiled such as crippling injury list.
Tuilagi's setbacks read like a medical dictionary with Achilles, pectoral muscle, hand, hamstring, groin and knee problems all ticked off since his Test debut in 2011.
Throw in a couple of suspensions, one for assaulting police in 2015, and Tuilagi has missed way more games than he has played.
The 32-year-old Sale midfielder is set to move to France or Japan at the end of the season and that puts him off-limits for boss Steve Borthwick.
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