Great rugby? No. Great party? Yes
The Six Nations is guaranteed to provide some colour but will the rugby live up to the occasion?
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Writing in the New Zealand Herald, Peter Bills puts the boot into the Six Nations.
"Up in the Northern Hemisphere, they're packing their tin helmets and topping up their hip flasks. It's that time of the year again; the time when the European powers indulge in the international rugby fest they regard as the best in the world.
"Whisper, at your peril, that their coveted, prestigious Six Nations Championship is in reality the second division tournament of world rugby. At Croke Park and Twickenham this weekend, the latest instalments in this vibrant, pulsating, unpredictable, extraordinary and quite often thoroughly ordinary tournament will begin."
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