Paul Ackford meets Leicester's Dan Cole to talk scrums, Castro, fighting and the Leicester way in The Sunday Telegraph.
"There are reasons for this. He's a young man, just turned 23, making his way in a position where textbook techniques count for nothing when set against the experience of a thousand scrums, and there is a certain Martin Castrogiovanni, an Italian maestro of 67 caps, blocking his path to regular first-team action. Even so, it must be incredibly frustrating.
"It is bizarre, but I do what I'm told. I want to play, but I want to do what's best for the team, and that's when you put your trust in the coaches. I might think that I'm good enough to start, but I only see a little of the game and they see the whole picture."
"Has he asked questions, stormed into boss Richard Cockerill's office and demanded to be picked? "Yeah. I've asked questions because I want to know what I need to do to start. I got told that Castro, on his day, is the best tight-head in the world, and, on my day, I'm not."
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