Nearly there. Ollie Lawrence, the talented Bath and England centre, is within touching distance of a return to competitive rugby after a seven-month injury lay-off, during which he was forced to watch other people have the best fun this side of heaven.
A long-awaited Premiership triumph with his club, the vast majority of a joyous 68-point demolition of Wales in Cardiff with his national team, the small matter of a Lions tour?
These were things he really didn’t want to miss. No wonder he was hurting.
Yet rugby wouldn’t be rugby without its flipside, so we can expect Lawrence’s comeback to po...