How it was and could be again: Leicester’s Clive Woodward tackles New Zealand’s Eddie Dunn at Welford Road in 1979

The late Alan Watkins, heavyweight political commentator and lifelong rugby enthusiast, used to argue that the union game had been snail-like in recognising the existence of the jet engine and the opportunities it offered. He believed modern travel meant everyone could play everyone else whenever they liked, wherever they liked.
He was onto something: just lately, rugby followers in Alan’s native Wales have been seeing more of the All Blacks than they h...