'I wanted to go out with series win': Whitehead announces international retirement

'I wanted to go out with series win': Whitehead announces international retirement

NRL.com

Raiders forward Elliott Whitehead has confirmed he will retire from international rugby league following England's third and final Test against Tonga at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.

Whitehead will earn the 27th England cap of an international career which saw him debut against New Zealand in 2014, feature in both the 2017 and 2021 Rugby League World Cups, and also represent Great Britain on four occasions.

The Bradford-born back-rower famously prevented Tonga scoring in the dying stages of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup semi-final, forcing Andrew Fifita to knock-on and secure England's place in that year's final.

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