Rugby Matters

I WAS going to write 1,500 words of incredulous, outraged fury over the Owen Farrell decision but frankly my health can’t take it and I don’t want to entirely ruin your Sunday morning either. So I will keep this short and sweet.
It was manifestly and unspeakably bad, suspect, inexplicable, bone headed and legally baffling call. Yet also entirely predictable. This, to its massive detriment, is how rugby works. Its default position is to protect the T1 Nations and its players at all costs. They take the piss because they can, because they run the show, althou...