“Almost all on-field abuse is incredibly basic and puerile”

SIMILAR TO boxing, when you play top-level rugby you know you’re only one mental slip away from getting embarrassed (or, more cheerily, suffering a massive injury).

I think we are self-aware enough to admit that, whilst there are huge amounts of skill sprinkled about a team which is playing the game well, for many positions on the pitch life involves a lot of charging after kicks, scrag