Can Barrett save us from the Gib crisis?

PLUS: A long and winding Week That Was and the Weekend That Will Be

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You can tell we’re deep into the short nights when the decision over who should play blindside flanker for the national rugby side takes on such grave importance.

It’s good too. On other occasions you skim through the headlines and you can be forgiven for thinking we’re living in a post-apocalyptic dystopia.

Give me the Barrett dilemma any day…