JIMMY REA
THE BISHOP’S STORTFORD WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND.

1. People who leave gates open
I’ve got an organic arable and non-organic beef farm on the Essex/Herts border and it drives me mad when walkers leave gates open. Not long ago, someone did just that and a bull from a neighbouring farm broke into the field where one of mine was and broke his shoulder in the resulting altercation. That threw my breeding programme out of sync for about 18 months and cost me a couple of thousands of pounds. Against all advice,...