Can’t think of many other sports who bicker & whine & prevaricate quite as much as ours, yet at the heart of it all there remains an essential goodness we all love. Been some weekend.

I’d buy a season ticket to watch Northampton. We’ll find out soon enough if they’re good enough to beat Leinster at Croke Park though. PS If we want South Africans in this, then we have to sort out the schedule.

Harlequins…Bloody hell. You just never know, do you?

You know this will only be excellent. My ‘70s Sunday afternoons were spent with Hugh Johns in the Midlands. Wherever you grew up, Matt’s stories will take you back there.

Please say hello to Jack & Bill…and one of rugby’s great charities. Excited to be the least talented member of the first ever IPF squad.

ICYMI: Back in the Prem groove this weekend…and back for more next season. Looking forward to having you alongside us again.

Can’t beat a night out at the rugby with the kids. Thanks for putting up with us again over the last couple of months ITV Rugby

A couple of instances this weekend when the law book has taken over the game. And common sense has taken a back seat.

Cut my teeth at BBC Radio Kent & following Maidstone United. It was 35-years ago now but I was still screaming at the car radio earlier. Do nothing to mess with the FA Cup. Sport at its glorious best. Wish rugby had something similar.

And confirmation from Steven that this’ll be worth tuning in to. The perfect debutant.

Think we’re going to enjoy this. And no surprise Bristol put their hand up to get involved. They’re always thinking about how we open up the sport. Our plan is to cut a couple of sequences to run at half-time & full-time. Let’s see how it goes.

I hope lots of people put their arm around Jarrod Evans later, but a huge win for Leicester. They’ll hope a spring tide takes them towards the play-offs. PS This man wasn’t playing snooker tonight.

Few have done more to make rugby a sport for boys AND girls, men AND women, than Gary Street. He needs our help now. gofundme.com/f/help-streety…

Attention all Ed & Freddie fans…

Time to start planning your weekend in the Spring.

Listen to Harry…

We enjoying the Netflix series? Love they’ve gone big on the physicality of it all, love they’ve gone big on personalities with great stories, love the access given by some teams. Hope others buy in more as it goes on. There’s a bigger picture here and a huge opportunity.

The only advantage we had in the commentary box over England was that Conor O’Shea had warned us the day before Italy had something up their sleeve. And did they…