PETER JACKSON

The distinction of being the Grand Old Man at the World Cup will almost certainly go to a hooker who keeps coming out of retirement. Never mind Brexit, Schalk Brits has been looking for any kind of exit, naturally enough after 17 years as one of the most admired professionals in the game. Given that he is a whole lot nearer 40 than 30, his retirement ought to have been nothing more than a routine event, the mundane consequence of time having run out.
Brits has been trying to quit for more than two years, starting with the announcement of his departure from Saracens on the as...