8:38 AM GMT Christopher Jones David Campese was the ultimate maverick player, using individual brilliance to light up the sport, and he wants to see rugby throw off its coaching shackles as the game prepares to move into overdrive this weekend with the start of the Six Nations Championship, the first round of Super Rugby
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2:24 PM GMT James Harrington As in most sports, risk-reward is a very real thing in rugby. Teddy Thomas, for example, was selected for France’s Six Nations squad for his abilities as a try-scorer. Whether he makes the matchday side will depend on whether Fabien Galthie believes that talent is enough to offset his sieve-like
2:12 PM GMT James Harrington Maverick: Noun. An unorthodox or independent-minded person. In Fantasy Rugby, such a quality is potential gold dust. It should not be confused — as it often is — with mercurial, an adjective to describe someone who is subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. And Freddie Michalak.