PETER JACKSON

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Cruel finish: Morgan Stoddart is carried from the field
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When England and Wales last squared up at Twickenham in high summer, Morgan Stoddart had good reason for thinking that his World Cup dream was about to come true.
Instead of taking his place as just another hopeful among the supporting cast, his promotion from the bench came with the shortest of short notices. Defence coach Shaun Edwards ‘grabbed’ the unsuspecting substitute and told him he would be starting.
Stoddart, from Trealaw in the...