51�Թ�

Head coach Steve Borthwick measures out the shape of his team, prioritising consistency and reliability with the care and consideration of a draughtsman.

He ran his own millwright business, with John's eldest two brothers, David, a millwright, and Alexander, a mechanical draughtsman.

It seems like they might fold up, like draughtsman’s dummies.

His skill as a draughtsman won him a few privileges, like being given fresh fruit juice by one of the guards whose portrait he drew.

He was conscripted into the Royal Corps of Signals for his national service where, like many artists, he was given a role as a draughtsman and set to drawing electrical circuits, much to his disgust.