The November questions: Points of substance around the autumn tests

Is there any particular autumn international I’d buy a ticket for?

It’s not that one match stands out. I’m really struggling to see how France will beat the All Blacks in either of the two encounters in Paris and Lyon over the next few days.

Purely as an 80 minutes of competition, I’d prefer to be watching Ireland and South Africa. It has that feisty look about it, that sense of the irresistible force meeting the immoveable object.