Todd Blackadder: ‘The day you think you are the complete article, you’re finished’ | Robert Kitson

It is little surprise that, as with Eddie Jones and England, the tough former All Black is helping drive Bath onwards and upwardsIt is a misty, murky afternoon on the Somerset-Wiltshire border but, inside Bath’s stately home headquarters in Farleigh Hungerford, the clarity of Todd Blackadder’s Christmas message is unmistakable.“Rugby’s a tough sport,” he says softly. “You’ve got to be really mentally and physically tough to play it well.” Close your eyes and swap the understated Kiwi country boy tones for a harsher rasp and it could be Eddie Jones explaining what separates the great teams from…