Just a routine start to the RBS 6 Nations Championship, then.
It remains the sport's greatest annual competition in spite of the huge challenge to that status being mounted by the Heineken Cup. Where the world's top provincial/club competition is more exciting for the rugby devotee with its diversity and complexity at a near international level of competition, the Six Nations transcends rugby, demanding the attention of the wider audience that normally requires Olympic medals or World Cups to be at stake before becoming engaged.
