Ruby Walsh’s wisdom in stark contrast to Eddie Jones’ trash talking
We’ve heard a lot of talk about media access and the nature of the relationship between the press and our sporting stars lately, but it was somewhere between Brockworth and Badgeworth on the morning spin from our digs to Cheltenham when the thought struck that a modicum of distance can sometimes be a blessing.
Driving through the Cotswolds in the company of BBC 5 Live is no bad way to start your day, but the experience began to grate long before the traffic backed up around Prestbury Park. Five minutes gave way to ten and spilled over into 15 and, though we switched off before the debate ended, there must have been an hour devoted to ‘Eddiegate’ in the end.
