CHRIS HEWETT

ON the subject of retirements, the All Blacks hooker Dane Coles says he will call it quits after this autumn’s gathering in France, by which time he will be sending out the invites to his 37th birthday party. Which only goes to confirm what we have long suspected: if you want to stay fit, get injured. Coles spent long periods out of front-line rugby after winning a world title at his first attempt in 2015. That was a stellar New Zealand side – in all likelihood the finest combination ever to secure the Webb Ellis Trophy – and it was easy to miss the Ma...