ON the subject of six-seven-eight combinations from dreamland, those of us who spent our rugby careers (for want of a better description) pretending to be back rowers love nothing more than ransacking the memory bank and picking our firsts among equals. It is not an easy job, but from where your columnist is sitting, there are a handful of contenders for the “cream of the crop” award.
Rugby ancients will tell you that two units from the 1960s – the Springbok trio of Jan Ellis, Piet Greyling and Tommy Bedford; the All Black version boasting Kel Tremain, Waka Nathan and Brian Lochore – have n...