Krzysztof Kieślowski’s meditation on love, fate and unheard harmonies of the universe was a much vaunted film trilogy with a tricolour motif (to be followed by White and Red); the trilogy is a triptych with overlapping images and character-glimpses, all destined to be tied up in a chaotic conclusion. The first film Three Colours Blue was released in 1993 and starred Juliette Binoche.

For Wales the colour blue is a constant theme as they spend the early part of this week in Nice on the blue coast (Côte d’Azur).

After suffering defeat to Les Bleus last Friday night they are currently in Nice preparing to face another set of blues (the Azzuri) in Rome on Saturday.

Despite the glorious sunshine, blue may also be a word to describe the mood in the camp of a team that cannot find a win for love nor money.

A win in Italy would provide a brief moment happiness for Wales wonderful travelling fans but would it change anything ?

The drastic innovative and trailing blazing initiatives required to get Welsh rugby back on track are as far away as ever, fiddling whilst Rome burns seems an appropriate analogy for those that run OUR game this particular weekend.

The final film of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s trilogy was entitled Three Colours Red let’s hope it is the colour Wales and its fans will be painting the town on Saturday night.