The Six Nations is a league competition - i.e. everyone plays everyone else (once) and the side that wins most games (with the best scores in case of a tie) wins the championship. France have just won. Wales was risking having lost every game (even to Italy) - but beat England.

One fascinating detail: Ireland, north and south, field a single team. This year there was also a big symbolic moment in Dublin: Ireland played England in Croke Park (the home of Gaelic football) because the Rugby ground, Landsdown Road, is being rebuilt. Now Gaelic football was specifically revived in the nineteenth century in opposition to 'English' games, like Rugby, *and* Croke Park was the scene of an infamous British shooting of Irishmen (in around 1920) - so playing a rugby match against England at Croke Park was much discussed - above all what the reaction to the singing of God Save the Queen would be. It all passed off in high good spirits - thanks to the Dublin crowd - *and* the Irish team went on win. If you want to see the clip of the national anthems being sung, I expect it's on YouTube.

Help .... I am not meant to be on AW as a historical sports bore. Apologies ......