Six Nations Quote from the BBC
Love this: the BBC's attempt to compare each team to an automobile/motorbike -
'In this rugby version of the smash-'em-up showdown, England are a one-geared, rumbling Chieftain tank, capable of crushing some rivals remorselessly under its heavy tracks yet prone to running out of fuel halfway through the race.
Wales are a boy-racer/hot hatchback, all flashy paint-jobs and spoilers and benefiting from a bigger and more reliable engine installed by the new owner.
Then we have France, a sexy-looking motorbike with oodles of speed and zip which gets sent spinning into the tyre wall by its heavyweight rivals.
Ireland are a nice-looking saloon car that, on closer inspection, has large patches of rust all over the bodywork. While it still looks pretty good from certain angles, the log-book shows that the wheels fell off completely just five months ago.
Scotland? A dour, fun-free people-carrier, capable of carrying plenty of weight but with zero acceleration or va-va-voom.
And Italy? An old family estate car that trundles along without much pace and ends up stuck in the slow lane for race after race.
* I agree with every bit of that!
'In this rugby version of the smash-'em-up showdown, England are a one-geared, rumbling Chieftain tank, capable of crushing some rivals remorselessly under its heavy tracks yet prone to running out of fuel halfway through the race.
Wales are a boy-racer/hot hatchback, all flashy paint-jobs and spoilers and benefiting from a bigger and more reliable engine installed by the new owner.
Then we have France, a sexy-looking motorbike with oodles of speed and zip which gets sent spinning into the tyre wall by its heavyweight rivals.
Ireland are a nice-looking saloon car that, on closer inspection, has large patches of rust all over the bodywork. While it still looks pretty good from certain angles, the log-book shows that the wheels fell off completely just five months ago.
Scotland? A dour, fun-free people-carrier, capable of carrying plenty of weight but with zero acceleration or va-va-voom.
And Italy? An old family estate car that trundles along without much pace and ends up stuck in the slow lane for race after race.
* I agree with every bit of that!