Battle lines drawn up in sideshow showdown

Paul Rees sees two international coaches who are facing very different challenges in Cardiff

Wales's biennial Six Nations encounter with England in Cardiff is commercial gold for a union that is struggling to fund its professional game.
Such is the disgust that players in the country feel at the governing body’s failure to agree a financial settlement with its four regions for next season that they are threatening to strike next Saturday rather than play in a match which carries more resonance west of the Severn Bridge than any other.
Wales against England has not infrequently been one of...

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