What a kick in the teeth feels like

HOW coincidental my exasperation on these pages at the fading art of kicking should be followed last Saturday by the wayward clearance that may define this season’s Six Nations championship, writes Ronan O’Gara.

The standard of Italian kicking against Ireland in Rome was absolutely shocking, but the Azzurri were a beaten docket anyway.

The key moment of the weekend, and maybe the tournament came in the 76th minute of the Wales-England game in Cardiff.