Heaslip backs bonus plan

IT’S a moot point now as to what the final score would have been in Paris on Saturday had bonus points been on the table but Jamie Heaslip believes that such a system should be introduced to the Six Nations.

Under current rules, a win earns just two points but it is an archaic formula compared to virtually ever other significant domestic and international competition in the world game.

In tournaments such as the Heineken Cup and Tri-Nations, a win is worth four points, a win with four tries is worth five and a defeat by seven points or less is enough to claim a single point.