WIGAN Warriors did rugby on both sides of the Rubicon a favour with their resurrection of the minute’s silence in honour of Sir Billy Boston before last week’s match against Hull Kingston Rovers. The crowd’s impeccable response, without so much as a stifled cough to disturb the hushed reverence, made the tribute feel more moving than a minute’s applause.
Rugby has a long track record of doing tomorrow what football did yesterday, hence applause first ringing around Twickenham instead of silence 12 years ago at an England-Australia match shortly after the de...