I've never had the flu, but my wife has. She was in bed for weeks, sore joints, fits of coughing up green stuff, off her oats etc, and eventually had to go to hospital with pleuresy (sic) and have her lungs drained. All the folk who say they've had the flu are really talking up a heavy cold. Flu shots should be mandatory with the players. As well they all should be on a healthy diet with vitamin supplements. When I read about players having boils etc, I just wonder what they're eating. And a healthy lifestyle is not on the grog at 4am up the Cross. Stupid for players to abuse the thing that earns them large amounts of cash, the body.