TV appetite for Six Nations rugby grows and grows

Two weeks since the last round of Six Nations games and Ireland’s annihilation of Italy in Rome all but ensured that the vacuum would be at least partly filled by the sort of big picture debate that is only ever held in the absence of any live distractions.

With Georgia starting their search for a seventh straight tier two European title with another win that very same day, it was no effort for journalists and pundits to join the dots and call for an opening of the borders that would usher the Eastern Europeans in.

No deal.