‘You must trust in the quality of your own dressing room and in those special moments before taking the field, take a look around.’

Differing contests in so many ways yet equally compelling.

Last weekend saw me on commentary duty at two of the three Six Nations games on offer and in both cases I struck it rich.

England are growing in stature all the time under Stuart Lancaster and Sunday’s game, played in a magnificent atmosphere at Twickenham was a belter.