Ireland international Peter Stringer has confirmed his retirement from professional rugby at the age of 40.
Stringer's remarkable career started with Munster and Ireland ahead of playing for a host of Gallagher Premiership clubs including Sale Sharks, Bath, Newcastle and Saracens before finishing with Worcester Warriors in December.
In a statement Stringer said: “From the age of five all I ever dreamed of doing was playing rugby. I cannot describe how it feels to have lived that dream for nearly all my life.
"The journey has been an uncompromising obsession filled with memories I will cherish forever.
"To the coaches who never saw my size as disadvantageous, thank you. To my teammates who motivated...