Ireland take on South Africa on Saturday
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Paul Rees draws the attention of British papers to the fact that there are three games this weekend, not one, in The Guardian.
"A month of international rugby in Europe starts this weekend, although given the nature of media coverage these days you could be forgiven for thinking it was all about England, starting with New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon.
"Wales face Australia in Cardiff at the same time, followed by Ireland and South Africa at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. At least Twickenham will be full: the grand slam winners in 2008 and 2009, Wales and Ireland respectively, ravaged by the recession, will have thousands of tickets unsold.
"Wales have saturated the international market in recent years, arranging an extra Test outside the official window in November as well as June. They need to pay for a deal they reached with their four regions over player release, but the estimated crowd for the Wallabies, in what should be, in terms of attacking intent, the game of the day is 20,000 below capacity."
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