Riverford says its varieties are selected for flavour, and offers no apologies if they arrive with a bit of mud attached.

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Men who are comfortable in boots, the dust or the mud, around horses and cattle and a bit disdainful of sidewalks.

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Sometimes, though, it comes down to the sort of game where hard grunt is the key - half the season is played in rain and heavy mud and Bath maybe just lack a little bit of dog.

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