Bath winning the mind games thanks to input of ‘brain tuner’

As Bath prepare to put their bodies on the line in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership final against Saracens, they are putting their minds in the hands of a “brain tuner” who battles brawn with Buddhism and memories of Ayrton Senna.

Anthony Watson and Jonathan Joseph, star turns for England this season, paid tribute to Don Macpherson’s unseen input into Bath’s free-rolling passage to Twickenham and media-darling status.

Macpherson became fascinated with the stress of sportsmen when he was manager of Formula One driver, David Brabham, on the weekend when his team-mate, Roland Ratzenberger, and Sen…

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