COLIN BOAG

The old saying goes that an Englishman’s word is his bond, but those days are long gone as the end of the ‘Carl Fearns to join Gloucester’ saga shows.
Apart from the fact that in any walk of life it’s a pretty shabby state of affairs to renege on your word, especially when a contract is signed, should Fearns be hung out to dry or should we have some sympathy for the situation in which he found himself?
Fearns signed for the West Country club, proclaiming at the time how excited he was to be coming back to the Premiership, with director of rugby David Hum...