RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

I was having one final lingering look at that 2003 England reunion picture last week before we banish all such thoughts until the next reunion – 2028 I’m guessing – when I was suddenly struck by something I had never really clocked before. My God has there ever been a national team with so many Test captains?
Some coaches will lecture ad infinitum that a good side has captains and leaders all over the park but in my experience that is often a rationale they wheel out when there is no obvious or commanding lead...