RUGBY MATTERS

I don't know about you but it’s occasionally been a bit of a torture watching Owen Farrell struggle with himself ever since England’s rather inglorious defeat at the 2019 World Cup final just seven days after the career high of that semi-final win over New Zealand.
England arrived late, Farrell understandably couldn’t remember which end was which and it all seems to have spiralled a bit after that. What should have been the golden years turned sour.
Lurking in the background in Japan was the denouement of the salary cap “scandal” as some choose to call it. Having been around ...