Itoje revealed during this year’s Six Nations that he had been suffering from an underlying health issue.
MARO ITOJE HAS emerged from a difficult period of his career confident that he can reach new levels of performance as England progress deeper into the World Cup.
But having benefited from the fitness work completed during squad’s World Cup training camp, there was evidence in his starts against Argentina and Japan that the 28-year-old second row is on the rise once more. “And once we were able to get all those things aligned, I was able to naturally have a response from the training that I was doing.“There’s no top player across any sport – whether that’s rugby, football, basketball, whatever – who has a plain sailing career, or a career that goes exactly how they wanted it.
“To be able to persevere through that period and finally get a fix for that was great. But I personally still feel there’s a lot more to go and a lot more that I can contribute in a positive manner for this team and in this tournament.”
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