Wales and France show willing but Six Nations spark is already fading out | Eddie Butler

It was not for lack of effort but there was an overriding feeling that the All Blacks would have seized the opportunities that neither Wales nor France were able to capitalise on in a demonstration of the northern hemisphere’s limitationsA little more of the fire was doused. Far from being a Six Nations Championship that grows towards a raging conclusion, this looks like being one of those that will be won by the least extinguished. The World Cup takes its toll on the northern season that must rumble on until May, and this was proof that the European rugby soul in late February remains a littl…