article_snippet: This episode generated enormous interest and debate, and served to highlight an issue that rugby is currently faced with; how to find the balance between embracing rugby extreme physicality, or fretting about This episode.
article_snippet: Frame by frame, the size and force of Rugby is being laid bare, and the powers-that-be worry about parents of the next generation of players taking fright and directing their children towards other sports.
article_snippet: Rugby cannot be fully sanitised for mass consumption, or Rugby will lose Rugby warrior soul.
article_snippet: Rugby has been rocked by a homophobia controversy, which could have profound ramifications.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, there are fears of a possible split between the Waratahs and Brumbies contingents in the Wallaby camp.
article_snippet: Six days on from ‘Super Saturday’, after taking stock, the conclusion is unchanged; that it was the greatest day of drama in the long history of the championship, and the magnitude of the events was felt far beyond rugby’s usual constituencies.
article_snippet: This follows the revelation that the Six Nations board will consider switching to pay-TV after the current rights deal expires in 2017.
article_snippet: Tournament organisers and the unions must recognise that the wide exposure delivered by a terrestrial broadcaster is worth far more than whatever large sums are on offer.
article_snippet: The likes of Sky and BT Sport provide superb coverage, but this annual surge of public interest is priceless for rugby.