THE word “succession” has taken on a different, darker hue since Brian Cox effed and blinded his way through four whole seasons’ worth of high crimes, political misdemeanours and media manipulation in the name of prime-time entertainment. Which takes us to events at Twickenham, where senior staff have been heading through the exit door in greater numbers than anything seen at Waystar Royco.
Leaving aside the fact that the T-word is now more taboo than the f-word – the people running the game in England were faster out of the blocks than Usain Bolt in posing...