Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game's other talking points by Brendan Gallagher

I was very struck the other day by our conversation with Luther Burrell on The Rugby Paper podcast when the former England centre revealed that in his marathon career he had not required one surgery, had not incurred one major injury to limbs or torso and had suffered ‘just’ one concussion which he spoke about eloquently and how he resisted any temptation to return until he felt normal again.
Luther also candidly admitted that the concussion came after he, the tackler, went after Brad Barritt, a big rival...