CHRIS HEWETT

UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game.
World Rugby has just announced another of its “global trials” (the nongoverning governing body comes up short on many measures, but self-importance is not among them).
The subject this time is water carriers, particularly those who double up as head coaches or rugby directors. Rassie Erasmus, the moving spirit behind South Africa’s return to the top of the log and current No.1 villain, is the man widely credited with raising the NGGB from its slumbers, but Rassie being Rassie, he won’t be losing any of his...