"How soft is rugby" - Luke Cowan-Dickie slams red card for Exeter teammate Henry Slade

Henry Slade red card:

Henry Slade facts:

• Slade has Type-1 diabetes and has spoken openly about having the condition. He told Health Awareness: “It’s frustrating having diabetes, but it doesn’t stop you doing anything. You can do whatever you want, it’s just about having control."
• He joined the Exeter Chiefs set-up since 2011 and has also turned out for Plymouth Albion
• Slade is the great nephew of former Portsmouth footballer Geoff Williamson
• Slade and his partner Megan have a daughter, Olive, together.
• He studied for a Sports and Exercise Science degree at the University of Exeter.

Martin Johnson Has Been Voted The Greatest Ever Rugby Captain In History

The best rugby captains should have the following qualities:

• A great player
• Inspire confidence in their team
• Takes responsibility 
• Lead by example
• Great sportsmanship 
• Tactical knowhow 
• Excellent communicator 
• Emotional discipline 

Greatest Ever Rugby Captains: Top 20

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Alun Wyn Jones facts:

1. He is the first player in the professional era to have played in nine consecutive Tests for the Lions having been involved in all three series
2. Alun Wyn Jones has a law degree from Swansea University and he graduated in 2010
3. nothing. Second rows wearing white rugby boots was quite unusual. That’s how he got the nickname Alun Gwyn Boots
4. His father, Tim Jones, was a respected solicitor who also played rugby for Swansea, and his funeral in 2016 drew hundreds from the legal and rugby worlds. One of life’s true characters.
5. Wife of the Lions captain and mum to their two daughters Mali and Efa, Anwen, who is a doctor of physiology, is a Welsh-speaking physiology lecturer at Cardiff’s Metropolitan University.

Martin Johnson facts:

1. Johnson comes from a sporting family. His great-grandfather was a wrestler. His younger brother Will is also a former back row forward for Leicester. 
2. He briefly played American football for the Leicester Panthers as a tight end or defensive end.
3. Johnson was selected for the New Zealand under-21 side which went on a tour of Australia playing a side that included another of the all-time great lock forwards, John Eales.