A little documented side-effect of the increased number of international games on the TV is their impact on ‘junior’ club rugby. Once upon a time there were four international weekends in January/February. Soon the Five Nations will be increased to Six, plus we have a spate of matches now played in November and December. Anyway, the number of teams who fail to turn up for games as they’d prefer to watch a game on TV than play in one is on the increase! I blame the parents.
