England's trip to Dublin will give Six Nations lift it needs

Let us not beat around the bush here.

The overall quality of the first two
rounds of the RBS Six
Nations has hardly been vintage.




It is not that the grand old tournament has lost its appeal.

Far from it.

Just
witness the remarkable number of travelling Welsh fans in Scotland
for evidence.

It is just that too many teams have been struggling to find
their games.




France
have been woeful (have those in charge been supping for so long in the
last-chance saloon with coach Philippe Saint-André that they have forgotten
the purpose of that particular bar?), Ital…