‘Gee, those rugby players have some courage’

Peter Jackson gets over the gain line, behind the headline

‘Gee, those rugby players have some courage’

Peter Jackson gets over the gain line, behind the headline

When it comes to inviting a global superstar from another theatre of sport to address an international rugby team, Ireland set the bar at an all-time high shortly before the World Cup in 2003. Nobody has come close to matching it during the 16 years since, as England reminded everyone this week.

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