'Everything can seem insignificant the year after the Lions': the not-so-simple task of managing a rugby schedule

This Saturday will mark the first time the Championship has been contested three weekends in-a-row.

Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong. Pic: Ben Brady/Inpho

Modern life, eh? We’re all busier now. More harried. The contagion that is ‘stuff’ and things to do has flooded what were once our small pockets of space and tranquility, and rugby hasn’t escaped the invasion. 

Much always wants more.