COLIN BOAG

One positive: Freddie Clarke got his chance at Gloucester through injuries

In last weekend’s Sunday Times, Stephen Jones highlighted the injury ‘crisis’ sweeping the professional game. What he failed to offer was constructive suggestion on how the problem might be addressed, beyond the obvious one that players play fewer games.
Let’s start with that one: there will not be less rugby because the demand to see games is high and increasing, and because in England and France the owners need to generate revenue, trying to reduce the amount they’re po...