The Paris Games, more formally known as the XXXIII Olympiad, are almost upon us and the Rugby Sevens schedule is full to overflowing.
Yet there is still time to include a new competition for the union world’s least productive employees, with podium contenders including Steve Borthwick’s joke writer, Owen Farrell’s anger management counsellor, the Television Match Officials’ in-house optician and, in the aftermath of last weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-finals, the entire roster of specialist defence coaches.
Forty-one tries in four matches? That’s an awful lot in anyone’s language and a seri...