It says a lot about Maro Itoje's religious faith that, after being awarded the England captaincy, his church pastor was one of only six people with whom he initially shared the secret. The 30-year ...
Somehow, the notion of Maro Itoje bringing what one of his team-mates had described as the additional 'nastiness and bite' that was supposed to underpin this new England seemed a little far-fetched.