Redoubtable

As Biff Smooter, my redoubtable observing buddy, might say, Hercules “wiped the snake guts off himself” and went on to his next labor.

But still, as punch drunk as they were, there was a response from the redoubtable Dons as they just kept picking themselves up off the canvas.

Then there’s series presenter Sir David Attenborough, now 97 – a redoubtable mammal himself.

The redoubtable Mannering reached 100 games as captain.

Cleland had an advantage over his pal in that he wasn’t having to dislodge David Robertson, Rangers’ redoubtable left-back, and more recently the sweary star of the Real Kashmir FC documentary.

Chief among these was the Matebele, under Mzilkhazi and the Shangaan, under the redoubtable Shoshangane.

It has greatly compounded its error by suspending the redoubtable Gita Sahgal for the crime of going public with her concerns.