NICK CAIN
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The game-changing force of last weekend’s Six Nations tales of the unexpected cannot be exaggerated.
The fourth round was a truly transformative “Super Saturday/Sunday” for a 2024 edition of a tournament which had been in danger of turning into a predictable procession in which Ireland were heading for a second successive Grand Slam, Italy in the running for yet another wooden spoon – and big beasts France and England in the doldrums.
Both England and France at last set sail, although it seems unfair to label Ireland’s loss to England as a plus...