World Cup winner Jason Robinson has officially announced his retirement from the game.
World Cup winner decides time is right to get out
World Cup winner and former British Lion Jason Robinson has officially announced his retirement from the game.
Robinson played his last game in the Premiership for Sale Sharks four years ago but spent last season with National Two (North) side Fylde.
He helped the Lancashire outfit secure promotion to National League One but feels the time is now right to leave the game for good and will also quit his coaching role at the Woodlands.
Now 36, the former rugby league star switched to the 15-man code in 2000 and played for England at two World Cups, featuring in all seven of their matches in 2003 and scoring a try in the final victory over Australia.
On the domestic front he helped the Sharks win the Premiership title for the first time in their history in 2005/06, completing a memorable double having also won the Super League with Wigan Warriors.
"I've obviously had a fantastic career for many, many years, and it was great last year to help out Fylde as they got promotion, so that was job done," Robinson told
Sky Sports News.
"But I've had some niggles and when I play I want to play at 100 percent and I'm thinking I might as well quit while I'm ahead.
Charity work
"The last thing I want to do is get a serious injury that might set me back. So I've had a fantastic time, but now I'm going to fill me time with doing work for charity."
Having confirmed his retirement, Robinson's first task for charity will be to form part of an elite team of military personnel running and cycling the distance between Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in aid of its official charity, which is sponsored by Proskins.
The team will complete the 3,580-mile challenge in the hospital, which is where the UK's military patients are treated, using five static treadmills and five exercise bikes.
The Bastion2Birmingham Charity Endurance event will begin on Saturday July 23 and the aim is to finish in under 48 hours.
Robinson said: "I am fully committed to the event and am spending time preparing so that I can help the charity raise as much money as possible."
