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

I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no ill will – on the contrary, I remain a stalwart supporter and their new coach Richard Cockerill is one of my favourite rugby characters – but for the good of European Rugby I’m hoping for a shock Portugal win next Sunday in the final of the Rugby Europe Championship.
And make no mistake, for all their World Cup pyrotechnics a Portugal win in Paris would still be a shock. Week in week out, year in year out, Georgia are far and away the most consistent of the “other” Eu...