Charmlessness of Six Nations shows why a great game needs to change | Richard Williams

With the rare exception of a George Ford or a Leigh Halfpenny, it is now virtually obligatory to start out as a giant to succeed in top-level rugby union – this emphasis on defence leaves little to the imaginationWhatever new standards of greed and corruption the game of football might be setting off the pitch, the evidence of our eyes suggests that the actual sport – the business of 22 men kicking a ball in front of a paying audience – grows more charming by the season. Think of last weekend, and the instinctive smiles on neutrals’ faces in response to 18-year-old Marcus Rashford’s two-goal P…