By PAUL REES
IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked to uncork the next Jonah Lomu.
Going through opponents rather than around them became the fashion, but sport moves in cycles and now it is the likes of Cheslin Kolbe who are setting the trend.
Kolbe, the Toulon and South African wing who won the series against the Lions with a moment of brilliance on an otherwise sterile tour, tips the scales at 80kg (12st 6lbs). Lomu, the New Zealand wing who died at the age of 40 in 2015, weighed half as much again.
Newcastle’s Adam Radwan, who...
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