Conventional
wisdom might suggest that the more likely winners would be one of England or
Ireland but, mark my words, it will be France.
Why? Well,
setting aside the fact that France always seem to do well in the Six Nations the
season after a Lions tour, you only have to take one look at how their preparations are going.
One word:
chaos.
With head coach
Guy Noves and his coaching staff sacked by the FFR over the holiday period and now
the subject of serious misconduct claims as the FFR attempt to avoid
compensation payments in the region of £3 million – and with former Italy coach
Jacques Brunel (whose tenure between 2012 and 2016 saw Italy plummet to 15th in World Rugby's rankings) now in charge, what could possibly go wrong?
And yet
remember the last time the French rugby team were in utter chaos? Rugby World
Cup 2011 – France were all over the place with players in open rebellion
against coach Marc ‘Le Fou’ Lievremont and the team losing to Tonga in the pool
stages, but not only did the French make it to the final, they very, very nearly
won the damned thing.
Simply, France do
chaos better than anyone. They will win the 2018 Six Nations.
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