RUGBY MATTERS

BRENDAN GALLAGHER
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

Clash: Wales lock Geoff Wheel, left, and England captain Bill Beaumont square up. Inset, Paul Ringer

The rugby world has been indulging in a little navalgazing these last couple of fractious weeks what with inflammatory words from Eddie Jones ahead of England’s match with France and some pretty bellicose stuff from Jones and Lewis Ludlam before the Calcutta Cup game.
Yes it grated a little and was probably unnecessary, but let’s not lose a sense of proportion, it was all pretty mild com...