Lewsey to retire at end of the season

Former England winger Josh Lewsey will retire at the end of the season and hopes his final matches are on tour with the British and Irish Lions.

Lewsey scored 22 tries in 55 games for England and was part of the 2003 World Cup-winning team. He also won four Premiership titles, two Heineken Cups and a European Challenge Cup with Wasps.

"I am 32 and I suppose I could have gone on for a few more years," Lewsey said Sunday. "But my wife is finishing her doctorate, you have to think about real life and responsibility, the possibility of a family."

Lewsey retired from England duty in December after being told by Martin Johnson that …