RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
PERHAPS it’s the boredom of lockdown but I’ve taken to musing on a few perceived wisdoms and cliches in our game and questioning if they stand up or if they can be debunked or even dismissed.
It all started the other week with Argentina’s ‘shock’ victory against the match-hardened All Blacks after eight months of lockdown, quarantine, extremely limited training because of Covid protocols and absolutely no proper rugby. How could this possibly happen when modern day coac...