I had a blissful 13 days off work recently, 8 days of which were spent in the Spanish mountains. Most of these days were spent being very lazy so I got a lot of reading done.
Beware of the dog by Brian Moore was a typical holiday easy read. I always find it interesting to hear the thoughts of players who were around during the amateur to professional era. I also found some of his personal revelations intriguing and I could relate to his struggles around hanging up his boots.
I was really surprised to read about the 1993 Lions Tour to NZ when Ian McGeechan was Head Coach. Turns out he picked a lot of Scottish players which a lot of the public (and Moore) didn’t agree with. Sounds familiar…