Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

Iconic Rugby Pictures:
PART 111
Tom Smith mans the defence for Scotland against Ireland
February 16, 2003

What’s happening here?
It’s February 16, 2003 and Scotland’s loosehead prop Tom Smith, who by this stage had already started in six British and Irish Lions Tests on the hoof, is setting himself in the Scotland defensive line as the Scots try and repel yet another Ireland attack at Murrayfield. They are taking a painful beating but ...