Sexing up the Six Nations

As the head coaches of the main Six Nations contenders addressed how they were going to bridge the gulf that exists between northern and southern hemisphere rugby it seemed they were speaking with one voice.

Well, almost — Eddie Jones’ Australian drawl is rather different to the clipped Kiwi accents belonging to Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt and Vern Cotter.

But there was still something amusing in listening to these rugby brains from the southern hemisphere discussing how best to haul in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and even Argentina after the most disastrous of World Cups from a European point of view.