While conceding there has been some very decent rugby in some of the Nations Championship rugby thus far, I am still far from sold on the idea.

It remains a commercial closed shop enterprise owned and run by the Tier 1 nations – just like the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship – and set up entirely for their benefit at the expense of all others.
Nothing else matters.
World Rugby is not involved in any way other than to provide the referees from their pool and give the big boys a free pass to organise their summer earners how they want, a decision that has played havoc with the rest of the...