THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

PETER JACKSON

SAMJames ought to have been centre-stage at the Premiership gala dinner last Wednesday night as winner of the Red Rum trophy for endurance.
Such an award would have given the game at large a chance to salute the Sale centre’s achievement in delivering the human equivalent of the equine version as performed by the Grand National’s favourite horse on three occasions at Aintree.
Its status as the supreme steeplechase remains untouched but the English rugby Premiership presents the same formidable test of survival with some obvious differenc...