The U-K's "Real Men" Love Country Music

The England rugby team's passion for Kenny Rogers comes as no surprise to Graham Boynton:

"They're man enough to understand that the untrammelled integrity and down-home honesty of a country and western song will always go directly to the place that matters most – the soul. That's why it's no surprise to learn that our gigantic loose-head prop Andrew Sheridan, who is a decent guitar player, writes his own country songs. However tough we are, however many crunching tackles we've thrown ourselves into, however many crocodile-infested rivers we have swum, we are most of us quite sentimental, and this nerve more than any is the one country music touches most profoundly."