MIKE Brown this week gave his version of the exchange with an England fan as he went down the tunnel following the loss in Bloemfontein. Brown said the fan was abusive and yelled that he had not been trying.
Brown said that he didn’t mind being told that he was not good enough, or had played badly, but that he took serious exception to the accusation that he did not give everything when he wears the Red Rose.
When I asked him whether, even though the accusation was clearly wrong, he understood why England fans might be frustrated he refused to consider it.
“Next question,”...