Battered Ben Franks on the homeward path


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 18 Sep 2015

LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's intimidating physical approach has rugby's traditional powerhouses increasingly wary of facing the Pumas, but New Zealand would appear to have the perfect antidote in two man-mountains each capable of lifting a tractor.

That's how the legend goes in any case, and the younger of the mighty Franks brothers was in no mood to dispel it when speaking to reporters in London.

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