There is a problem when speaking with Gonzalo Quesada. His openness is both a revelation and a pressure. The way more that an hour’s conversation with the Italian head coach unfolds has so many rich angles and areas of interest that deserve being shared, the only constraint is space and what you decide to leave out.
His compelling rugby trajectory, as positive and enjoyable as it was, has taken him to a role in which he has excelled without skipping a beat. Few doubted his ability, but many are surprised how quickly he has turned his Azzurri players from doubters into believers.
His arrival at the helm of the Six Nations perennial losers, who for 24 years had been unable to trouble the likes of England or Ireland, has elevated the team to previously unseen heights, and to the layman’s eye, at least, this upturn in results did not feel like a flash-in-the-pan.
Quesada has genuine rugby intellect. From a toddler running around the…
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