Super Saturday? You Bet...

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Well, the Six Nations has gone out with an absolute bang this year, with all the participants raising their game to the very highest level imaginable for this three-match "Super Saturday". No mediocre or lacklustre performances in evidence at all today, and even though Wales walked away as bottom of the table again, their squad won against a very credible Italian opposition today to their absolute credit. Ireland played an absolute blinder to close out Scotland after their momentous win against France last week, which ensured a race for the line between the Shamrocks and Les Bleus at the end of it all. To say it went to the wire is probably the sporting understatement of the century: a last minute penalty kick by Ramos wresting the title away from Ireland's grasp at the death of a game exhausting to watch, let alone participate in. As for the rugby? An absolute joy to watch: proper rugby football, that harks back to the glory days of the game, making it once again the true 'beautiful game' of field sport. Soccer? Just plain pedestrian these days, and has been since the early 1970s: boring, in a word, and doesn't, can't even, hold a candle to the glorious game of Rugby Football. What a championship. I'm just sad that my old mate and colleague Jean-Charles is not alive to have witnessed this French side's achievements in the years since he died. Allez les bleus, au revoir, mon ami. The winner though? Rugby Union Football itself. We are entering a new golden age of the game, and long may it continue thus...

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