CHRIS HEWETT
THINKING ALLOWED

EARLY February is not obviously the moment to select a highlight of the calendar year.
Especially if that highlight is still nine months distant, leaving plenty of time for a bolt from the blue: Newcastle winning a Premiership game, perhaps; or a Television Match official getting through a whole five minutes without saying “check check” as though he were commanding a nuclear submarine on a military exercise; or even World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, doing something – anything – that looks like governance.
But all things being equal, 2024 is a one...