PETER JACKSON

SOME famous players had to make do with bearing the name of one place in England’s green and pleasant land, like the last pre-war captain of the All Blacks, Jack Manchester. More recent examples include the revered Springbok flanker Tommy Bedford, the dual-code Australian Kangaroo-turned-Wallaby full-back Andrew Leeds and the versatile New Zealander Jon Preston.
That is not to forget the unluckiest of England coaches, Stuart Lancaster, nor the multi-dimensional Aussie Paul Warwick who featured in the last Munster team to win the European Cup. Then there were the f...