Netflix Six Nations: Full Contact review as rugby's big documentary just about delivers

Netflix Six Nations: Full Contact review as rugby's big documentary just about delivers

The much-anticipated rugby documentary is slick and insightful but doesn't quite open the door fully

Six Nations: Full Contact review – like a desperately dated rugby highlights package

Will this Netflix docuseries be rugby union’s Drive to Survive? Not judging by how formulaic, shallow and ludicrously behind the times it isWhich sport will get the glossy documentary treatment next? Since the global success of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, the team behind the engine-revving, helmet-throwing hit has turned its access-all-areas cameras to tennis (Break Point) and golf (Full Swing). Croquet, curling, table tennis and tiddlywinks co…

Six Nations: Full Contact review – Irish rugby fans could feel short-changed by this series

It seems only a matter of time before Netflix moves more into live sport. It hosted its first live event in golf last year and tennis and Formula One events – The Netflix Slam and the Netflix Cup respectively – are planned for later this spring.

Six Nations: Full Contact review - Rugby doc tops Drive to Survive

Six Nations: Full Contact is rugby union’s Drive to Survive. Deputy Sports Editor Matt Hardy gives his review of the docuseries. Criticism now often arises, with the tidal wave now truly past its peak, when a new documentary comes out about yet another sport which promises to be the next big thing. Drive to Survive, Formula 1’s revolutionary showstopper, set the trend of docuseries which enticed, entertained and sparked controversy. But the tenn…