If England, France and the other near-missers of the north were to take a lesson, then it is perhaps not to imbue their rugby with near spiritual significance.
Never predict. The joy of sport is the uncertainty of outcome. But one feels the giants are on their way to another final.
Unusually, the business end of the tournament could be dominated by Northern Hemisphere sides.
Is Farrell in danger of being the problem and not the solution as England heads to the World Cup?
Irish rugby used to be a fierce broth, a raging storm, the thunder of boots on a rain-sodden day. England never won like that.
The extent of people’s love for their clubs is often moving. But our sentimental views on sport don’t account for the business environment in which which professional athletic endeavour must live.
From floodlights to VAR, technology has changed sport immeasurably in the last few decades, but has it taken away some of the spontaneity?
The fate of former Welsh rugby captain, Ryan Jones, has yet again exposed the lurking truth about the dangers of professional rugby. But our response to these rare, tragic cases must be proportionate.
Jones seems more concerned with hogging the limelight than doing his job and coaching the England rugby team to victory.
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