Writing on Walesonline Gwyn Jones reveals what he has learned during the Rugby World Cup.
I have learned many things during the past few weeks. Most of them have come as a wonderful surprise while others have been difficult to accept.
I have learned the exact wording of Law 10.4 and its various sub-clauses concerning foul play.
I have learned a new term, the ‘tip tackle.’ And I have learned exactly how shattering it is to lose a World Cup semi-final against a team we are patently better than.
I have learned that Sam Warburton is a young man of immeasurable dignity, somehow able to conceal the inner purgatory he must have had as he watched his team from the sideline. I would have been in floods of tears; he remained stoic.
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