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

NINETEEN eighty four might have been one of the most anticipated, celebrated and feared years in political history ... but in rugby terms the year conjures up just one image, namely a Mark Ella-inspired Australia running riot against the Home Unions and completing the most resounding of Grand Slams.
Unfairly – because there have been many very good Aussie sides not least two World Cup triumphs on these shores – it’s the one Aussie team we all remember. And with good reason...