Elite rugby can break bodies and its pressures can make the physically indomitable falter and fall World Cup finals change lives and that knowledge can shackle even the best
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Owen Farrell will lead England out against South Africa on Saturday as a player who appears immune to all that and so much more
You watch Farrell and it all seems so straightforward that you forget how complicated simple can be
You can follow him round Japan for seven weeks and still find something unknowable about him because there appear to be no doubts or darkness behind the unyielding exterior
The man who started at fly-half for England in their two previous World Cup finals Jonny Wilkinson was tortured by his own genius and the expectations put on him by himself and others as a result The dialogue was all internal and you feared for where it might take him when it was all over
Farrell strips it all back The team-talks the interviews the attitude
Go harder than the opposition impose your will upon them Show no fear Look around your team and into their eyes show them what you have and where you want them to be
You hear Farrell in the huddle at training sessions and its like a James Ellroy novel There is nothing loose and there is no fat over the muscle
With England facing South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final on Saturday Telegraph Sport takes a look at the latest odds to lift the Webb Ellis Cup
Eddie Jones side were dominant in their 19-7 victory over reigning champions New Zealand in Yokohama and are now preparing for their third World Cup final of the millennium
England head coach Eddie Jones has challenged his players to inspire the whole country by beating South Africa in the World Cup final on Saturday
England face the Springboks in Yokohama 0900 GMT and Jones says he knows from his time in charge of Japan how performances can alter a nations mood
Theres a bit of a rugby fever going on back in England he said
For a period of time it changes how people feel about themselves and thats the greatest joy
Mums are telling kids Play rugby Be the next England props Kyle Sinckler or Ellis Genge
