Lions great Willie John McBride: I wouldn’t want to play rugby today… it’s a mess
Willie John McBride is looking forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the great Lions triumph
Fifty years is a long time by any metric, be it in life or sport. Times change, opinions shift and approaches towards things differ.
In rugby, that tends to be the case more so than most other sports. What was once a relatively self-governed game in that players took matters into their own hands without crossing the line has now become a strictly regulated affair, dictated by laws aplenty.
