England could be the most foolish side in the Six Nations

• Austin Healey: How to stop rugby being boring • Scotland won't have a fear factor at Twickenham Rugby as a sport has always enjoyed playing up to its historic image of being for smarter players.

The game’s link to public schools and further education is well established.

The lack of a professional structure that meant many players always put their careers first and the complex number of rules all gave rugby the veneer of being a thinking game; chess with bodies when checkmate could easily be a punch in the mush or a clattering tackle.

But the reality is that actual intelligence will…