It has been held aloft in ecstasy, clutched in the giant hands of titans of the rugby world. Now the trophy, last seen clutched in the huge hands of England and Tigers skipper Martin Johnson in 2003, has come to Leicestershire. The trophy is being fitted up for a specially-made travelling case to take it to France for this year’s competition which begins on September 7. Staff at Trifibre Containers, in Thurmaston, measured the famous urn for a tailer-made flight case so it can be taken on board aircraft for travels around the world. The tropy – called the Webb Ellis Cup after William Webb Ellis, the schoolboy credited with inventing the game – will be flown to France later […]