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“If I get back in harness, it’s not just about singing, it’s about promotion, it’s about playing, it’s about the radio, politics, business, blah, blah, blah,” he said, with a wave of his hand.

Pedro Pinto is back in harness and that means it’s time for the draw, after a video segue of the clubs still left in the competition, featuring some Prodigy-lite music.

Even better for the tourists was the sight of Steve Smith back in harness, batting just as he did in the first Test at Edgbaston.

“I’m too young to go to seed, but I haven’t slept properly since I stopped training. Now that I’m back in harness, I sleep like a baby.”

Rather than ponying up to see Falcons-Sarries, high‑school hookers and sophomore second-rows were getting back in harness, testing the ground for a gallop.