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

There are some teams you grow particularly attached to over the decades and I make no apologies in numbering Rotherham Titans among those. Having risen at great pace from the anonymity of the lower leagues, I loved the way they tried to break up the Premiership cartel and their brave fight against overwhelming odds to be accepted. They refused to be cowed and belittled and kept knocking on the door of those who, frankly, wished they didn’t exist.
Three times they were ‘promoted’ to the very top tier via the t...