Six Nations LIVE: England ‘disaster’ on the horizon as BBC and ITV come under fire | Other | Sport

Ex-England star and TV presenter Martin Bayfield has called for a huge BBC and ITV revamp to enhance the coverage of the Six Nations.

« Rugby just can’t hide away and only jump out from behind a tree and say, ‘Here we are!’ and then disappear again. It needs oxygen otherwise it is just going to fail,” Bayfield told The Telegraph.

« The Six Nations has to be free-to-air and has to be one platform so you have one focus, one message, one tone. I don’t know if I am too old-fashioned, but I want to be able to hear the theme tune and think, ‘That’s the Six Nations’ and walk in from the other room to watch, a bit like when the Rugby Special music started, and everyone would sit down and watch it.

« You have to have a good build-up but even more important is having good analysis afterwards, and access to the game through the week. Every Six Nations game should be like a mini Super Bowl. You have press conferences, you have interviews with players, and superstars who enjoy rugby. »