Sir Clive Woodward reveals the most talented player he ever encountered

"The greatest talent I played against was Gareth Edwards," revealed Woodward in his Q&A with the Mail Online.

"He was in his last season and I was in my first. His talent was undiminished and he had a great aura. His banter with his old Lions mate Bob Hiller was also priceless. As a coach, it is Jason Robinson.

"He was a game-changer for England. I witnessed players of the calibre of Martin Johnson, Dallaglio, Hill and Jonny Wilkinson instantly raise their levels in training and games because they wanted to match Jason's talent and professionalism. Jason was also amazing to coach.

"He was a sponge and soaked up every single rugby union skill. By the end he was probably the best kicker out of hand we had, he laid the ball back at rucks perfectly and his tackle technique was perfect. What a player."

A young player was making his Premiership debut at scrum-half. He was playing against Andy Gomersall. He tried to be funny at the first scrum and said to Gomersall "don't hurt your back putting the ball in, old man". He retorted "I would give you some abuse, but I have no idea who the f@*k you are!"

Ouch.

Harry Ellis had taken Austin Healey's position at scrum-half in 2001 - and Healey had dropped to the bench. In the changing rooms before the game, the experienced Healey came over to Ellis and asked how he was feeling ahead of his debut in front of 15,000 at Welford Road  - Ellis replied 'I'm really, really nervous about it mate - absolutely bricking myself!', to which Healey told him 'Yeah, well you should be nervous - because you're f*cking sh*t!'

During the 2018 Autumn International clash at Twickenham, viewers heard him tell Australia’s forward pack: “You’re all ****ing snitches anyway”.

As Balls.ie and others have pointed out, Sinckler’s comments were surely in reference to Australia’s decision to drop Kurtley Beale and Adam Ashley-Cooper for the England game. The pair were dropped after they were found to have brought guests back to the team hotel following a defeat in Wales earlier this month.

The opponent hooker wanted the ball for the lineout but the lanky winger drops the ball at his feet.

Hooker: "You're a clever f***er aren't you?"
Lanky: "Yeah well you're short, fat, bald and your wife doesn't love you."

A certain coach shouted to the referee: "ref can we make a sub?"

The ref agreed to which the coaches response was: "Good, can you come off the, please?!"

Nigel Owens is openly gay and campaigns for bullying, but that does mean he’s above being self-deprecating. During a dodgy Harlequins line-out he told the hooker, in a roundabout way, he best get his throws together.