Description: Rugby in America, the way it is and could be.
Over at Rugby Wrap Up, Jake Frechette has struck a blow for clarity , the more valuable as TV programming expands.
Decrying sloppy descriptions of 'crossover' players, the distinction between USA Rugby and rugby in the USA, and other muddles, Frechette has simultaneously provided a positive alternative to the worst analogy in our game -- America as 'sleeping giant' .
Better to consider the country 'a battleship in dry dock', he writes. 'The thing is still be constructed, work is being done, and when it sails it will be dangerous. How dangerous will depend on how well it is constructed'.