Genius Van Vollenhoven, the master of both codes

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points WHEN two rugby legends from differing codes both agree that Tom van Vollenhoven was the best wing they played with or against you know they must be talking about somebody special.
Alex Murphy and the late Cliff Morgan were both in awe of former Springbok and St Helens wing Van Vollenhoven, who died last week aged 82. The South African scored a hat-trick against the 1955 Lions in the second Test while he broke every record in the book at St Helens where he scored 39...