There are dark clouds hovering over rugby at the moment. It has not been the best of times of late by any stretch of the imagination but the Six Nations provides an unbelievable opportunity to focus on the very best of our game as we pull back the curtain and welcome a wider audience to the sport.
This is not to diminish from the problems engulfing the sport at the moment, which have to be treated with the utmost seriousness, but the Six Nations can help lift some of the gloom. It is a championship incomparable when it comes to any other sport on the international stage. It has a rich history and the proximity of the competing sides makes it such a captivating couple of months. Tens of thousands of supporters will migrate across five weekends, mix together and make such significant contributions to the spectacle.
