CHRIS HEWETT

THIS column does not make a habit of agreeing with World Rugby, but this being the season of goodwill, it may be time to turn over a new leaf. And then turn it back again. Some of the players selected in the non-governing governing body’s “dream team of the year” were automatics: Antoine Dupont of France at scrum-half, the England- South Africa pairing of Maro Itoje and Eben Etzebeth in the engine room of the scrum, the inexhaustible Michael Hooper of Australia on the openside flank.
Others raised an eyebrow. The Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx in the starting front row, eve...