The new Sydney Pollack movie is set at the United Nations: not the bear pit of recent wrangling but a barely ruffled pool of international good will.

NEWYORKER: The Interpreter

Perpignan's Stade Aime Giral is a real bear pit down by the Mediterranean in French Catalonia and despite taking an early lead Leicester soon found themselves up against it.

BBC: Perpignan 26-20 Leicester

But Johnson said the decision to hand the captaincy to the experienced Tindall was not influenced by the bear-pit atmosphere expected at the world-renowned Millennium Stadium.

BBC: Six Nations: Tindall leads England as Wood handed debut