The perfect antidote for the Six Nations

For anyone who suffered the 80 minutes of tedium that was Scotland v England on Saturday I have a solution - go and watch the nearest Championship club. Whilst this season's Premiership is suffering from dull games and its lowest-ever try count the league below it, for all its organisational flaws, is producing same cracking contests.

The game I reported on - Bedford v Rotherham - finished 33-26 to the home side, featured seven tries and was the perfect antidote for much of the dross we've been force-fed at the top end of the game. Rotherham put absolutely everything into getting the result they desperately needed and only a vastly-improved second-half showing from Bedford was to deny them.

As good as that game was, it now brings to the farce that is the Championship play-offs. Most of the problems with it we've already discussed but some more have come to light. This time it again shows how the Premiership clubs are only looking out for themselves rather than the good of the game.

I previously stated how only Bristol, Exeter and Nottingham were eligible to go up because they are the only three clubs whose grounds meet the entry criteria for the Premiership. Fair enough, as most of the others don't even come close. It turns out, however, that this was only true for the first two clubs mentioned because Nottingham merely rent Meadow Lane off Notts County and don't have 'primacy' of their ground. What's interesting is that several Premiership clubs such as London Irish, Saracens and Wasps have the same arrangement at their grounds yet are not barred from entry because they have apparently been given 'special dispensation.' One rule for one and...