THE English Press pack were not impressed when they turned up at Tokyo’s £500-a-night Conrad Hotel for a Japan media conference to find there were no interpreters.
The next blow was discovering that none of the players on duty, including hooker Shota Horie, left, and wing Kenki Fukuoka, were English speakers.
It looked like being a waste of time until Hiromi Saito, who was working for Asahi TV, offered to translate on the hoof in whispers at the back of the room. God bless her.
In return, your man from The Rugby Paper and the rugby correspondent of The i had to make their debu...