Gareth Thomas criticises RFU's 'very feeble, weak response' after Folau and Vunipola controversy

Gareth Thomas had to stop and gather himself more than once today. His voice faltered. It choked with emotion. Who knows how many times his nerves were betrayed by an subconscious impulse to tug at his right ear?

Gareth Thomas had to stop and gather himself more than once today. His voice faltered. It choked with emotion. Who knows how many times his nerves were betrayed by a subconscious impulse to tug at his right ear?

Thomas didn't know what he was going to say when he woke up on Thursday morning for his flight from Cardiff to Dublin. The workings of his presentation for the Federation of Irish Sport's annual conference only crystallised as he sat in the green room before going on stage.