EVENfrom this distance, Worcester’s home match against London Irish on December 23 is worth ringing in red ink. There is every chance it will be the first in the English Premiership to feature a 40- year-old from these islands.
Peter Stringer’s six-month extension of the longest career in the professional game will keep him going beyond his next birthday towards the end of the year. By then nobody ought to be one bit surprised should the most evergreen of scrumhalves break every record as the oldest European player in the competition.
Fitness permitting, he will give Father Time...