CARDIFF (Reuters) - It might not have quite matched Martin Johnson's beetle-browed refusal to budge from the wrong side of the Dublin red carpet but when Chris Robshaw stood his ground in the tunnel on Friday it was clear that England were not about to kowtow to Cardiff.
The opening game of the Six Nations kicked off six minutes late after something of a Mexican stand-off as Robshaw declined all invitations to lead his team out on to the Millennium Stadium pitch amid a sea of spotlights, while the Welsh team were still in their changing room.