RUGBY MATTERS

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South Africa and I for one give thanks. I can’t think of a rugby tournament that gives more joy and offers more moments of outrageous skill and potential not to mention food for thought and conjecture.
France are the reigning holders from 2019 in Argentina after which Covid did its worst for a couple of years and then it all proved too difficult to cobble together a global event last summer with some nations still a long way behind on their junior programmes.
But it’s bac...