How Six Nations ‘Super Saturday’ could be made even more super… and Nolann Le

• ‘Super Saturday’ brings the curtain down on this year’s Six Nations tournament 
• There is a way that it could become even more super in years down the line 
• What Nolann Le Garrec did at the weekend was rare and wonderful madness

Six Nations ‘Super Saturday’ awaits and it has become a popular triple-header to bring the curtain down on the annual tournament. The only thing that would make it even more super is if the games ran simultaneously.

Of course, it is a made-for-television blockbuster schedule which runs for the best part of eight hours. Wales versus Italy kicks off at 2.15pm UK time and the France-England finale is destined to conclude a few minutes before 10pm. Ireland are well placed to clinch another title in game two, in front of their home crowd in Dublin, but just imagine if there was an unexpected twist.

With the current timetable, those playing earlier have to go for broke, but they are essentially playing blind, as rivals in later games have the benefit of knowing exactly what they need to do. Anything that creates such an imbalance is inherently unfair.

So, if Scotland were to upset Ireland in Dublin, Andy Farrell and his squad could be left waiting and fretting and hoping. That creates its own type of intrigue, but it would be even better if all the teams were having to adapt to live, unfolding events elsewhere.

Imagine the tension and the drama if a try in the Irish capital instantly changed the equation in Lyon. Imagine the buzz of joy or despair if a passage of play in one city fundamentally impacted on the scenario in another, for better or worse, and the message was relayed by crowd noise, as well as by coaches dressed as water-carriers.

In fact, there is no need to imagine it, as it is a format which has been perfected by Premier League football and is also akin to singles day in the Ryder Cup. The roar from another fairway or green is a powerful means of either inspiring or demoralising other players.

There isn’t even really a strong broadcasting argument against it these days, although no doubt TV executives and producers would rail against such a view. We live in a multi-screen, multi-platform, multi-everything age.

In these parts, games are on terrestrial anyway so one could be on BBC 1, one on BBC2 and one on ITV – or BBC1, ITV1 and ITV2; depending on the rights break-down. Those who are tech-savvy would be able to have a TV showing one game, another on a laptop and the third on a phone or iPad. Easy. And a lot of pubs have several screens which could cope with the varied demand.

What it would mean is a guarantee of the trophy being presented in a packed or at least populated stadium, to avoid the after-thought of suited-and-booted players waiting to receive it in an empty arena or…