Imagine you are peering across halfway at a pack of forwards so big, knotted with muscle and profoundly pug-ugly that the dark web would refuse them a platform.

Leicester have made a steady start to the season, but Geoff Parling has warned their top four rivals that there is a lot more to come from his Tigers.

Having a Springbok and a British & Irish Lion in his position at his club inevitably reduces Archie Griffin’s game-time for Bath. But the Wales tight-head prop insists he benefits in a big way from ...