Jonathan Joseph Reveals Amazing Rugby World Cup Fact

England centre Jonathan Joseph has revealed he played in two World Cup games with only one third of his chest muscle still attached to the bone.

Joseph tore a pectoral muscle against Fiji in the World Cup opener and missed the loss to Wales before returning to face Australia and Uruguay.

He learned the extent of the injury after England’s exit and had surgery.

The 24-year-old said: “I was going to do everything I could to play. I wasn’t aware there was only a third attached.”

It was on Joseph’s return to his club Bath that he had a scan on his chest and subsequently underwent surgery which was expected to rule him out for three months.

“I felt something in my pec and wasn’t too happy about it as I’d done the other pec before and it felt a little bit similar,” said Joseph, who started in the defeat to Australia two weeks after sustaining the injury.

“I did everything needed as far as reaction work was concerned, strapped it and managed to play against Australia and Uruguay with no dramas.

“When I got back to Bath, they had a little play with it. I had felt something in there during the Uruguay week but wasn’t too concerned.

“Bath had it scanned and in fact I only had about a third of the muscle still attached.”