Henry Slade: 'There was never any thought I wouldn’t keep playing with diabetes' | Donald McRae

The England player talks about training through lockdown, Exeter’s title push, playing with diabetes and overcoming OCD“I’m ready to crack on,” Henry Slade says as he looks forward to escaping English rugby’s extended lockdown when the season resumes in mid-August. “I’m pretty fed up with all this corona stuff. We’ve been training in groups of five or 10 but there’s been lots of socially distant running and weights – which is better than nothing. But it’s still pretty crap. If I get started on coronavirus we’ll be talking for ages.”Eight months ago Slade came on in a World Cup final, as Englan…