Suddenly, if Ireland can get everything right, an improbable title is firmly back on the radar
So farewell, then, “Super Saturday”. Hello instead to “At Least There’s Still One Game On Saturday” which is not the catchy promotional slogan the Six Nations organisers ideally wanted. At least the pub and bar owners of Cardiff can breathe a sigh of relief. Even if the coronavirus situation in Wales ramps up significantly, the income raised from 70,000 thirsty rugby punters should insulate them for a while.
Tournament officials will also be grateful for small mercies. Had the spreading virus taken hold in Europe a month earlier the entire championship would have been decimated. There would have been insufficient spare weekends to replay the games, leaving only the options of total cancellation or staging matches behind closed doors. To be required to reschedule only a handful of fixtures is, relatively speaking, a decent result.
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