PR 101 is to throw yourself at the mercy of the public and beg for forgiveness. Crying helps.
The way this is being sold is that Bancroft is a great bloke led astray by Warner, Smith is a great bloke led astray by Warner, and Warner is a devoted family man who was in a bad head-space because evil South Africa were targeting his poor wife...and his kids were suffering by extension.
The way this is going, after a few more weeks of this they will be clamouring to give these players Knighthoods.
