Rise above the ‘win at all cost’ mentality

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WATCHING Alun Wyn Jones over the years, and especially since he has become the captain of Wales, has been a pleasure.
The one downside that has crept in this year is his Latin-style cry of foul at the slightest infringement or hint that the opposition may have touched him above the shoulders.
During the 2015 RWC it was refreshing to hear referee Nigel Owen tell a player ‘if you want to act like that then come back here (Villa Park) in a couple of weeks’ – how the game has morphed since then. AWJ is much better than ‘win at all cost’, that is the professional ga...

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