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As the son of a trawlerman, you might expect Jack Nowell to have been the first volunteer for England’s fishing trip out on the Indian Ocean this week. The team cast off from their base in Perth for an afternoon on the water but Nowell, after eight years in the international camp and even more injuries, knows when it is time to give his body a rest.
‘Hell no did I go,’ said the winger. ‘I’ve been in these environments for quite a while. It sounds like a really good idea to go on these things after training, and the boys had a hell of a time, but for me I prefer to get through my training and do that sort of stuff on a day off.
‘The boys were out there for a few hours and the weather was awful in the end! I think they caught three fish between them and 80 per cent of them were seasick. Me and big Joe Cokanasiga went in a sauna and a flotation chamber and had a little nap! We got it right!
Jack Nowell will hope to have better luck on the injury front over the next few weeks on tour
Having gone 1,065 days without an England cap, injury-ridden Nowell made his latest comeback for England during the Six Nations. He was selected for every match, before breaking his arm 25 minutes into the final match against France.
‘Touch wood I feel I’m in a good little spot at the moment,’ he said. ‘There wasn’t anything I could do about breaking my arm…I jumped up for a high ball, landed on it funny and had a clean break of my radius. It’s just one of those things. The injuries I really struggled with were the muscle tears and then rushing to get back after I had my foot operated on. I was desperate to get back for the autumn but I didn’t make it because my foot wasn’t right. Then I was desperate to get back for the Six Nations, rushed it and tore my hamstring. Hopefully this is me going forward. If anyone works that out [the number of days
