sharpness

But that trio isn’t likely to focus on race or class with Reid’s sharpness, or to open the door to contributors who aren’t already Beltway-approved.

In some shows, threatening that anyone can die becomes the carrot dangling a few inches out of reach, pulling us from one episode to the next regardless of the writing’s sharpness.

They had an intensity about them from the first whistle, a ferocity at the breakdown and a sharpness in a backline playing flat and with menace.

He may recover in time to face Italy on Saturday, but there has to be a concern about his sharpness for the intensity of the Six Nations, hence the call-ups for Henderson and Johnson.

Whether that results in the well-rested Chiefs coming out swinging in the play-offs or some ring rust and lack of sharpness remains to be seen.