The guy subbing the report that included the figure had to ring to double-check it was not a mistake. Whether this tells us anything new about the nature of rugby today will be debated long and hard. He left Yarde out for the second week running, and Yarde did not even turn up to watch. “You will have to ask Wales,” said Dai Young, Wasps’ director of rugby and Thomas’s father, who would not comment further. He said: “We passed the character test with flying colours.” That bodes well as the Chiefs seek to defend their Premiership crown.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 09:56 UTC