Te’o: No Wales fear - I’m off to North Korea on holiday!

Ben Te’o is unafraid of the hostility that awaits when England face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday after revealing he plans to visit North Korea with Jonny May.

Te’o has been discussing the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with May, and the pair have decided to embark on a backpacking trip to the country.

“Me and Jonny have been watching a lot of documentaries on North Korea. That’s what he’s quite interested in. We chat a lot about that,” Te’o said.

“I sent him a few links on some documentaries that I thought he might be interested in.

“We’ve had quite a few chats and coffees about how we can fix the situation there. There’s a lot that needs to be done.

“Jonny wants to do a backpacking trip. He said: ‘We need to go before things get really bad’.

“I said ‘I don’t know if it’s worth it, it’s quite dangerous’ but he said ‘I’m pretty keen on it.’ Maybe we’ll be reporting to you live from North Korea in the summer.

“Jonny is interesting. I like being around him. I like talking to him about what he gets up to and what he’s thinking.”

May has emerged as one of the England squad’s comedy characters, described by Tom Youngs as a “space cadet with X-factor” while Eddie Jones has said he would like to spend a day inside the Gloucester wing’s head.

“A different character” is how May views himself, adding “I’m a thoughtful person. I’m deep in thought and people probably wonder ‘is he thinking about a lot or not a lot?’”

He is set to continue on the right wing for the RBS 6 Nations showdown at the Principality Stadium, with Te’o reprising the impact replacement role he performed to such destructive effect in Saturday’s 19-16 victory over France.

The Worcester centre arrived on to the pitch in the 69th minute and 93 seconds later he had carried twice and picked a smart running line to score the decisive try, setting a new record for the fastest touch down by a debutant in the Championship.

It was his fourth cap - all won off the bench.