RUGBY MATTERS

Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use to honour the outstanding rugby personality, ostensibly for the last 12 months although sometimes a lifetime of excellence is also factored into the equation. It is the most prestigious award in our gift. We like to think of it as Rugby Union’s Oscar and our winner will be announced at lunch on Thursday.
The shortlist this year was outstanding, as it always is after a World Cup season, but it took me rather less than a nano second to plump for Courtney Lawes.
I have for...