Former England lock Dave Attwood has lifted the lid on how a joke about rugby league sparked a furious row with countryman Owen Farrell.
The pair were teammates under Stuart Lancaster and Eddie Jones, but saw their relationship deteriorate one night after an overseas post-match booze-up. Attwood, 35, claims Farrell hates him "with a passion" but has lauded the Saracens playmaker as the best fly-half in the world.
Asked about the players who wind him up the most on the RugbyPass Offload podcast, Attwood said: "On the pitch, I struggle a lot with Owen Farrell. We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things.
