SCHALK BRITS wheeled back into the chalet after a few bonding beers to find roommate Steve Borthwick hunched over his laptop analysing lineouts.
South Africa hooker Brits had enjoyed a rowdy night out with Saracens in Verbier on a team-bonding trip.
Brits and the bulk of the Sarries squad had tucked into the Swiss ski resort’s hostelries, as was the point of the weekend. Borthwick had sloped off the slopes early, though, to dig into the detail of his lineout technical prep.
The Saracens captain had absented himself from the apres-ski, to no one’s great surprise among the Men in Black.
If Borthwick’s dedication and forensic focus drew praise in his playing days, the 43-year-old has taken those obsessions to new heights in his coaching career. “We were rooming together and I came back late in the night after a few beers, and he had his laptop on watching lineouts,” said Brits.
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