By PETER JACKSON

Justin Tipuric has finally been given the all-clear to begin playing again after a 14-month fight to save his career.
The Ospreys’ master back row craftsman will be on the starting grid for the new season ready and able for another fight, to reaffirm his status amongst the global elite before a third and final World Cup next year.
Tipuric, last in action for the Lions against Japan at Murrayfield in June of last year, sustained damage severe enough for his employers to assess it as ‘resembling a road accident.’
Early estimates that he would recover in time for last seaso...