5 England stars who made drastic career changes after retiring

The most masochistic stars simply choose to subject themselves to further madness in a coaching capacity after retirement, while others can be seen talking as a pundit while a good percentage of the rest play seemingly endless amounts of golf.

But what about the rugby stars who found life beyond the after-dinner circuit having hung up their boots?

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Following his 66 England and Lions caps and flourishing club career at Leicester, Back has sought to replicate such success in the insurance industry by co-founding Adelphi Special Risks. Their main office is based in Milton Keynes, where the specialist and corporate risks broker provides private clients insurance as an ancillary service and reportedly has Lotus F1 on its books.

Rugby star Jonny Wilkinson has expanded his No 1 Living range with a range of kombucha shots and kefir waters. It has launched a duo of kombucha shots, both of which are made with a kombucha base, two billion active live cultures and prebiotic fibre. They have rolled out in two varieties – Gut & Immune Kombucha Health Shot, which also contains vitamins C and D3, and Gut & Brain Kombucha Health Shot, which iodine and vitamins B3, B6, B7 and B12.

Following his retirement in 2010 due to injury, Vickery established his own fashion line named after his moniker. Featuring rugby-inspired tops and T-shirts, shirts, footwear and knitwear, the Raging Bull brand is stocked in 30 House of Fraser stores and 90 independent retailers in the UK.

Vickery, who won Celebrity MasterChef in 2011, has launched his new enterprise No.3  as a collection service after plans to open a restaurant were delayed.

After hanging up hos boots, Haskell signed to mixed martial arts promotion Bellator MMA as part of its Heavyweight division. Haskell had previously done analysis and commentary work for English promotions such as BAMMA and CFF.

In February 2020, it was announced that Haskell would make his professional mixed martial arts debut on 16 May 2020 at Wembley's SSE Arena. The event was ultimately postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Unexpectedly, Bayfield appeared in all of the Harry Potter films playing the half-giant Hagrid, as Robbie Coltrane's body and stunt double. He also appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as a young Rubeus Hagrid. Continuing the acting theme, he also played a cyclops in Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to 2010 movie Clash of the Titans.