Will Carling: 'I didn't open the curtains for a year, I was so battered'

The former England captain discusses his struggles when his career ended, his loneliness as a young child and how he is now good friends with Brian MooreTwenty-five years ago I might have sneered at the fact Will Carling and I have just talked at length three days in a row. I would have been astonished by my discovery that he is one of the most interesting interviewees in sport. It was easy to be judgmental then because I was riddled with preconceptions. Carling had become England’s youngest rugby captain in 1988, at 22, and he held that role for almost nine years. I didn’t know Carling and so…