In the week leading up to the big day Shaun Edwards could not remember being more nervous.
“Two or three days before I didn’t sleep a wink hardly all night,” said the cross-code rugby legend. “Very similar to a huge Grand Slam game. Actually, it was more than that.”
What it was were the UK local elections and, specifically, the contest for Westminster where James Small-Edwards, his son with M People singer Heather Small, was standing as a Labour Party candidate.