CHRIS HEWETT

Does language matter? We are not talking Bongi Mbonambi-Tom Curry here, although no one should underestimate the importance of getting to the heart of that particular matter, but in a much wider sense.
Brian Ashton, the head coach when England finished runners-up at the 2007 World Cup, had strong views on the subject. He disliked, with a passion, such words and phrases as “drill” (“we’re not in the bloody army”), “breakdown” (“makes it sound like everything’s gone wrong”) and “ball-carrier” (“if a player can’t carry the ball, what’s he doing out there?”).
And now we have Ashton...