England players tease Marcus Rashford by stealing his beanie in training

LIFE’S one big tease… especially if your name happens to be Marcus Rashford.

And you happen to be wearing a beanie and you’re playing Kabaddi.

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And then you find yourself caught up in a playful training session with England.

And someone pinches your hat!

That was the scenario at The Grove  in Watford today as the lads limbered up for Saturday’s friendly date with Nigeria at Wembley.

First the lads gathered round manager Gareth Southgate for a chinwag as they took a break in training

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Then the boys played Kabaddi, an exercise that had a familiar ring a ring o’roses feel to it.

Actually, its’s popular Indian sport.

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As the exercise continued, Manchester United’s Rashford linked up with fellow striker Jamie Vardy and club teammate Jesse Lingard.

But before long he’d lost his hat – as Lingard took hold of the beanie.

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The World Cup opener with Tunisia is on June 18 and as the witching hour draws ever closer Southgate is obviously trying eager to get his players focused by ensuring that they can work effectively together.

Kabaddi, by the way, sees the team that goes first sends a player, known as a ‘raider’, across the midline and they are tasked with attempting to tag members of the opposing team.

Every time a player is tagged, the raider earns a point for their team, although the raider must repeatedly yell ‘Kabaddi’ until they have crossed back over to their side of the pitch.

England apparently took a while to get used to the game but they soon got in the swing of it.

Hats off to Rashford and the lads.