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

Rugby was undergoing a massive boom 150 years ago so we shouldn’t be surprised so many teams are celebrating their sesquicentennial anniversary as those who glory in long words like to call it.
Ireland, Leinster, Gala, Watsonian, New Brighton, Yale over the water …and Redruth, a powerhouse club in Cornwall from the off. All of them are celebrating this season one way or another.
Nick Serpell, a fount of all knowledge on the Reds and indeed Cornish rugby generally, has, as you would expect, risen to the oc...