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

The agony of these eve of World Cup injuries! I thought I was immune to the pain and pathos but no. You know they are coming; you know for certain there will be tears and the loud gnashing of teeth but it still pulls you up sharply.
One minute we were watching Romain Ntamack cut a perfect diagonal line to score a cracking try against Scotland in Saint Etienne, the next moment he was limping off with a resigned look on his face. He knew, even if we didn’t at the time.
Ntamack seems such a gilded youth. Famous e...