Shut away in isolation, London Irish owner Mick Crossan would be forgiven for putting himself first. Major heart surgery 15 months ago has left him vulnerable to infection.
By his own reckoning he has to be “extra careful”. Yet rather than dwell on his own needs he has joined son Edward in helping mobilise the club to feed those on the front line fighting the coronavirus.
Every day this week more than 800 meals are being prepared at Irish’s Hazelwood training base in Sunbury by club chef Bogdan Konecki.
They are then packed up and delivered by Exiles players and backroom staff to 14 NHS hospitals and four palliative care homes all around London.