PETER JACKSON

MAYBE one day those responsible for deeming who is worthy of World Rugby’s Hall of Fame and who is not, will consider Dick Littlejohn a suitable case for induction. The New Zealander deserves serious thought for his part as one half of the duo whose crusade almost 40 years ago rescued the sport from imminent hijacking by outside promoters. Those fears motivated Littlejohn and Sir Nicholas Shehadie to create a World Cup before an outside agency beat them to it. As visionaries, they saw what was coming. The reactionaries running the four Home Unions, fearful of ...