WHEN it comes to the most reliable barometer of spectator boredom, there is still nothing to touch the Mexican wave. They were throwing their hands up all over the Stade Velodrome in Marseille in search of some semblance of amusing diversion to what they were watching on the pitch.
The first wave having started 21 minutes into the match, France had ample opportunity to take the hint and put the skids under Italy with a flood of tries as Ireland and England had done in previous rounds. Instead the French reacted with an alarming lack of ambition.
Twice they opted for shots at goal instead of...