ITV's mid-game Six Nations adverts idea is a money-grabbing, dumbed-down disgrace. They'll be a distraction and a damn unwelcome one. And it is all the Beeb's fault, writes JONATHAN McEVOY

COMMENT BY JONATHAN McEVOY: ITV wonder how this will go down with fans. It hardly needs a crystal ball or a polling company to work that one out, guys.