Defence coach tells how a priest,the morning after England’s defeat, brought home to Edwards the scale of his team’s Rugby World Cup achievementShaun Edwards rose early on Sunday morning, and even though the Wales squad returned to their Vale of Glamorgan base from Twickenham only at 3.15am. The defence coach went to mass at a church a mile absent and if he had not been aware of the impact of the victory over England on a nation in which rugby union is an alternative religion,he did not have to wait long.“The priest came out and build up his hands in celebration,” Edwards said. “It is the first time I have ever seen that happen, and I was an altar boy until I was 21. That’s when you know you are making a dissimilarity to the nation. The team came through adversity.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com