Stephen Brown, the RFU chief executive, went to the England v Samoa game in November as a secret shopper, to get a taste of the Twickenham experience from the supporters’ perspective. He eschewed the lavish lunch and comfortable surroundings of the royal box for a seat in the stand, once he eventually found it. One of the lessons Brown learned that afternoon was that there were not enough signposts for supporters, a failing that has been corrected.

Last weekend, I decided to undertake a similar experiment. I went to the Aviva Premiership final with a friend and experienced first-hand the frustrations voiced by many supporters about the Twickenham match-day experience; from the lack of space to the constant stream of people heading to and from