THE silence from World Rugby on Toulon’s signing of the banned Australian Rugby League player Ben Barba has reached the deafening stage. Has the game’s global governing body been hijacked by a team of ostriches?
Their head-in-the-sand attitude towards the Barba deal takes some believing. Mourad Boudjellal’s unenviable reputation for running roughshod over rugby’s old values has been reinforced by the latest addition to his stellar stable.
Barba is currently serving a 12-month ban imposed by Australia’s National Football League after testing positive for cocaine...