RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

For some reason, the good old days have been getting a shoeing recently. Apparently they were never that good, indeed they are vastly overrated, and borderline rubbish compared with our modern-day heroes and heroines.
In answer to that I would point out that 50-60 years ago every fly-half bar none could launch a spiral bomb, every full-back could catch said spiral bomb, everybody could pass legally backwards on the hoof and think nothing of it, scrums took about ten seconds not two minutes, only the captains ...