“The only people querying his selection in the squad were journalists seeking a story to fill column inches in the excruciatingly long build up to this tournament.” – So much truth here, and it highlights everything that is wrong with sport reporting today. Not one article analysing Hardie’s career with the Highlanders and whether he could bring some value to the Scotland 7 jersey, but plenty of tired, lazy repetition of the ‘kilted kiwi’ joke that was never that funny.