3. “I saw the witch doctor for two hours a day and she said she found what the illness was. She found out that there were three lady spirits who had married themselves on to me for the last three years. The witch doctor told me that was why I had been injured. The spirits wanted me for themselves – they wanted to punish me and injuring me was the way to do it. Every time I played – bang!”
– Manu Tuilagi on his decision to consult a witch doctor in his native Samoa in an attempt to cure his long-standing injury problems.
4. “The tackle was fair.. Hey come on, you’re playing rugby remember.”
– Bath scrum-half Fotuali’i flew off the line to smash Eric Escande, leaving him down on the turf in pain. After some complaints from Toulon players, Owens responded with this brilliant one-liner