CHRIS HEWETT
THINKING ALLOWED

OVERMATCHED teams usually find themselves facing the music without having to listen to any. It was different for Lyon, who schlepped all the way to Pretoria for a Champions Cup tie they didn’t much fancy and were beaten up both physically, by the Bulls, and aurally, by a stadium DJ who cranked up the decibels at every scrum, some of which took so long to complete, he could have played an entire Wagner opera and still had time for an encore.
So with sharps, flats, crotchets and quavers in mind, how about a variation on a theme? Last week, those of us inhabiti...