PETER JACKSON

Ageless: Brock James at La Rochelle

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Ten years have come and gone since the last major Anglo-Welsh club event, a one-sided affair at Twickenham where Cardiff Blues rattled up 50 against Gloucester.
An occasion that transformed Leigh Halfpenny from a 20-year-old novice into a Lion within a matter of weeks drew a crowd of 54,899. In other words, almost as many as watched the Blues last season at the Arms Park over nine home matches in the PRO14.
Little wonder, then, that a British & Irish League cannot come quickly enough for the capital region....