CHRIS HEWETT

AMONG the many mysteries of this World Cup –Why isn’t Patrice Lagisquet coaching a competitive nation? Why doesn’t Ben O’Keeffe put a sock in it? What was the point of Romania? – one stands out. How did Cheslin Kolbe do it?
Lurking out there on the furthest shores of the interweb, there is a long-range clip of the Springbok wing charging down Thomas Ramos’ attempted conversion of Peato Mauvaka’s quarter-final try – an intervention that, on the face of it, had serious consequences for the French, who went on to lose ...