All replays from the first round onward are being abolished.
Chelsea’s ability to regress to a laughing stock in an instant presents a warning as Mauricio Pochettino’s side face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals and return to the scene of the ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’
Louis Rees-Zammit’s switch to the NFL has shone a spotlight in the United States on not only rugby but also Wales itself, resulting – in the case of Jason Kelce – some rapid backtracking after he claimed Wales is “posh” and filled with “rich, upper class, just beautiful white people”.