Six Nations in a bubble: How much of this truly approximates to fun?

Life 'on the inside' for the tournament players and management is what you make of it.

LIFE IS GOOD: Ireland's CJ Stander gives the thumbs up as the squad concludes its preparation with a Captain's Run ahead of Sunday's Six Nations opener against Wales in Cardiff. 

It wasn't just on the field where things went awry for the 2005 British and Irish Lions. The party's official documentary popped up on our screens in recent weeks, its sheer awfulness standing shoulder to shoulder with a side that lost all three tests to the All Blacks.

If John Bentley's dry Yorkshire wit and camera work came to personify the cult 1997 DVD when they beat the Boks, it was the dull-as-dishwater snippets explaining medical charts and urine analysis that remain the most stubborn of stains on the '05 knock-off version.