O’Shea’s tactics were not in spirit of fair play

Scragged: Danny Care finds trouble waiting for him

WONDER if admirers of the round ball game remember a recent advert created by Liverpool Football Club stating that ‘We come not to play…’ The accompanying pictures at the time, showing combative professional sportsmen intent on doing battle, asking and giving no quarter is one that sticks in my mind.
The images of Italian rugby players refusing to compete at the breakdown,
slowing down and disrupting the flow of the game bordered on the shameful.
What was the long term goal of Conor O’Shea and his team’s ta...

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