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

IT’S THE World Rugby annual awards tonight, held of course in that well known rugby mecca Monaco where there are more superyachts than rugby players.
Now I’m not against awards and awards ceremonies as such and, if you are going to do the red-carpet thing, that’s when Monte Carlo comes into play. I get it. But awards do need to be taken with a massive pinch of sort and a healthy degree of scepticism.
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