WITH the Rugby World Cup starting later this week in Japan, a number of pharmacies close to team hotels have been inundated with requests for products from shampoo to baby oil.
No, for once its not that the pretty boys of the back line are trying to keep themselves looking their best, behind the rush for personal grooming products.
With humidity expected to be a major factor throughout the tournament, coaching teams have been trying to identify how they can mimic "slippery ball syndrome" in training.
Reports have been circulating that Wales coach, Warren Gatland, has dipped rugby balls in baby oil to recreate the conditions his team is expected to face during their campaign.
When New Zealand coach, Steve Hansen, was asked about Gatland's approach by a reporter, the deadpan Kiwi had the press conference in stitches.
"You want to rephrase what you just said there?" he asked the journalist.
"You said, 'Warren Gatland's been putting baby oil on his balls'.
"That's probably not the headline you want old son!"
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