Rice 'speechless' after being named England captain for 50th cap
Declan Rice said he was 'lost for words' when told that he would be England captain on his 50th appearance
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00:00 Can you tell us who will be your captain and why tomorrow?
00:03 Yeah, well Declan is here, it's his 50th cap.
00:06 He has great leadership experience already at a tender age and I think it's a brilliant opportunity
00:17 for some of our young players now to show leadership and to experience that.
00:26 Yeah, look it's speechless to be honest with you, I'm absolutely lost for words. I think when he
00:31 said to me last night I was going to be captain I gave him a hug, shook his hand and said thank you
00:36 very much. I owe him a lot since I've first come into the team, he's always made me feel at home,
00:41 I've always felt so comfortable playing under him and like I said I've really grown in confidence.
00:45 So on my 50th cap to walk out of Wembley in front of my family, my friends,
00:50 it's an absolute honour. I think you can see it by my face there, a bit speechless to be honest with you.