England flanker Lewis Moody discusses his rising stock in an interview with Owen Slot in The Times.
"The stereotyping of Lewis Moody has been long and fun. So much fun that he still happily joins in. In the course of a 40-minute interview with The Times, he offers four self-deprecating references to his lack of intelligence, all of them light-hearted and entirely unprovoked.
"He could not, for instance, fathom the maths of what had been required for survival in Leicester’s Heineken Cup game with the Ospreys last week, although he does now understand that survival was not achieved. And not included in the count of four is his chuckle, again self-deprecating, at the idea that he has a decent grasp of French. This is not insignificant because, after a decade and a half of loyalty to Leicester, he is considering pursuing his fortune in a different language.
"We discuss his nickname “Mad Dog”, which is another case of embedded perceptions. The nickname was invented by the media, picked up by the crowd and only then found its way on to the team bus. Given that Moody is so young at heart, it should have been Mad Puppy."
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