nterfere with what we were doing and warning clubs not to deal with us, it was very stressful. He called his son, Jim, that night and said he thought Obama was “more than just a good politician”. ntender than that moment in the 2005 Ashes series when Andrew Flintoff bent down and offered a consoling hand to Australia’s Brett Lee. Rooney spearheaded the team’s commitment to continuity and stability.