Peter Jackson: A Grand Slam showpiece with few equals

France's players celebrate after beating Wales on Saturday night. Picture: Getty Images

As sporting epics go, Saturday night’s at the Flying Saucer Dome deserves acclamation as the best to come out of Paris since the city’s last Olympiad inspired Chariots of Fire.

Had Hollywood’s most creative minds colluded in dreaming up an identical narrative, the script would have been shredded as too far-fetched, even for a work of fiction, never mind for real.