Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s ‘goosebump’ moments

1: Jim Telfer’s Everest speech (1997)
Like many games rugby can be about the top two inches and getting the mindset right. Sometimes that can be a slow burn, weeks of preparation, and sometimes it can be about capturing a moment and saying the right thing at the right time. Telfer’s was both. Early on the 1997 Lions tour he had identified the Lions’ Achilles heel, a scrum that might not be able to resist the mighty Boks. He went to work, physically, straight away ...