BRENDAN GALLAGHER
RUGBY MATTERS

A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

Floodlit fun: Midweek Pooler and Cardiff clashes were a highlight back in the 80s

ROB BAXTER can always be relied on for an honest soundbite and I cheered aloud at the TV last week when he spoke about how excited he and his players were at the forthcoming prospect of some old-fashioned midweek rugby.
His players were achingly fit and gagging for action after over five months out, Chiefs are blessed with a big squad and what a great – and very different – test of a team and club to ‘...