LONDON IRISH may be the bookies’ favourites to go down but only a fool would under-estimate their coaching team.
I really like the set-up they’ve got at Irish with Brendan Venter mentoring a young coaching group – Nick Kennedy, Paul Hodgson and Declan Danaher –who are all keen students of the game.
In many ways, Paul Hodgson, below, reminds me of my old Tigers’ mate, Sam Vesty. By his own admission, Sam wasn’t the most naturally- gifted player – he didn’t beat a man oneon- one regularly and didn’t have blistering pace or power – bu...