CHRIS HEWETT

OF all the unlikely questions to be asked in this corner of the paper, try this one for size: could it be that the people at World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, are not as daft as they seem?
This surprising thought arose during the early stages of last weekend’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas. (Your columnist failed to reach the later stages, due to a virulent form of boredom that threatened his will to live.)
The NGGB’s reluctance to speed up the scrums that bring every game of union to a standstill passeth all understanding, but it just may be part of a cunning plan to...