Walking away with dignity intact

JAKE WHITE will be careful about his wardrobe this morning.

And in a couple of hours you’ll find him in the team physio’s room having his nerves calmed by his colleagues – even though they don’t know it. And before the whistle for kick-off goes at 9pm Paris time he’ll be ready for a kip.

After four years of planning and wrestling with South Africa’s rugby politicians, dodging the sack and being pilloried by the media it comes down to this: has he got his lucky underpants on?