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Working in the breaker’s yard

NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MODERN NO.7 AND THE LAWS AT THE BREAKDOWN

Power-houses: Sam Underhill charges away to score his disallowed try against the All Blacks. Below: Tom Curry goes past Liam Williams to score against Wales
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SAM Underhill plies his trade in the breaker’s yard of the pro game. What used to be known as the battle in the loose is now known, aptly, as the breakdown. It is the most demanding, brutal contest for possession in Rugby Union, and the physical toll it exacts explains why opensides like Bath’s Underhi...

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