Naturally, there's a scramble for those business-class seats.

So how do you pick who gets the golden tickets? Is it pot luck? Not really. In this case, size matters.

"We can't sit Richie Gray in economy - he's 6ft 10in," Manson says.

"Oli Kebble and Zander Fagerson 130kgs each - we physically can't sit these boys in economy. It's not possible.

"We try and strike a balance. We get as many boys as we can, between availability and budget, in business-class. The rest of them, we try and get extra leg-room seats and get everybody there as comfortably as we can.

"The staff just take the hit, they never get upgraded."

Some won't be happy with Manson's selections. Accusations of favouritism abound.

"You try and do your best for everybody, but you are going to annoy 50% of the boys," he says.

"I've been doing this a long time now, my skin's pretty thick, so I can make a decision and I can go with it. It doesn't really bother me.

"The boys trust me and the staff trust me. They know they may not get what they want, but they know that I'm trying my best for them."