There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to this column clears the way for breaking news on the World Cup front concerning the most outspoken of all the game’s British power-brokers, John Jeavons-Fellows.
It matters not that the World Cup in question took place 22 years ago, nor that South Africa won it at the first attempt but that the fearless RFU member for North Midlands threatened to disqualify the Springboks minutes before their semi-final against France.
Now it takes some nerve to wa...