Itoje has one eye on a career in politcs after he retires from rugby

England, Saracens and British and Irish Lions captain Maro Itoje has talked up his interest in a career in politics when he hangs up his rugby boots.

Itoje, 30, discussed his post-playing ambitions in an appearance on the Rest Is Politics podcast with Westminster veterans Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart .

“It’s something that is of deep interest to me. I have so many interests and I think I could have gone any which way but one of them was and is politics,” he said.

“I’m not putting anything off the table. The opportunity to effect real change, to put legislation in place for the betterment of society is a very attractive one, although it has its drawbacks as well.”

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