Was it England’s complete collapse or Manchester City’s great escape?

Maybe it was Rory McIlroy’s win at Sawgrass or the shock of Lewis Hamilton NOT winning the Australian Grand Prix.

Whatever your choice of sport, there was no shortage of high quality action and surprises to help you pass the weekend.

If you wanted real entertainment the place to find it was Twickenham where there was enough action to get the pulses racing as Scotland – that stronghold of the 15-man code – ripped up the script and turned a 31-point gap into a 38-31 lead before England grabbed an injury time equaliser.

There was no need for a Chris Kamara “Unbelievable Jeff!” - the look on the face of England coach Eddie Jones said it all. But he has the answer. He is planning to bring in a psychologist to solve the problem of the players’ way of thinking under pressure.

At 31-0 down after half an hour you might have expected all the pressure to be on Scotland.

Meanwhile Wales were completing the Grand Slam with a win over Ireland that was not quite so thrilling. In fact it was settled by six penalties - the teams managed a single try each – one in the opening minutes and the other at the end of the match. In between there was a lot of huff and puff and grunt and groan plus those six penalties .

Football has a different way of solving all its problems – it’s called VAR the solution to everything.

Or is it? Apparently two of Manchester City’s goals in the 3-2 win over Swansea would have been chalked off if the magic eye of VAR had been on call.

But not if former Premier League referee Chris Foy had been the man in the bunker. We might even still be waiting for a verdict on the penalty.

“I have looked at the penalty several times from several different angles and I still can’t decide it if was a spot kick or not. There was clearly some contact though was it enough for Andre Marriner to point t the spot? I’m not sure – it was a tough call.”

Whatever technology is used it is still all about opinion.

It is a couple of weeks since a VAR decision gave Manchester United the penalty that won then their game in Paris. People are still arguing about it though for the life of me I can’t see what the fuss is about. We didn’t need VAR to see that it was a clear hand-ball.

Maybe they just like to add a bit of drama now and then.

Quick end to Scholes' Oldham dream

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Managing your home town club, the team you have supported since you were a kid, was the dream job.

That is how it must have looked to Paul Scholes. But a month is a long time in football and, after 31 days in charge, Oldham lad Scholes decided the job was not what it was cracked up to be.

At least when he pulled the plug on his 18-month deal there was none of this ‘by mutual consent’ about his departure. Scholes just walked away.

After a stint that made Brian Clough’s 44-day reign at Leeds seem like a marathon, Scholes says he has walked away with great regret. He added that everybody knew how excited and proud he was to take on the job.

“In the short period since I took on the role, it unfortunately became clear that I would not be able to operate as I intended and was led to believe prior to taking on the role,” he said.

As there are two sides to every story, Oldham owner Abdallah Lemsagan responded: “I am disappointed by Paul’s decision to resign and by the reasons given.

“Both myself and the staff gave Paul all the support and autonomy he asked for. I was always supportive of any decisions Paul made or consulted me on reassuring him that he was the man in charge.

“I was very surprised that he resigned by text and refused to discuss matters that influenced his decision.”

Scholes, Oldham’s 15th manager in the last ten years, surely knew what he was letting himself in for at his local club, which suggests that his sudden departure is another example of the fact that not all great players turn themselves into great managers.

A record of one win in seven games might have been all the convincing he needed.

In Grand Prix racing, there is no need for any more technology to complicate things. The driver who crosses the line first is usually the winner, while in golf the player hitting the fewest number of shots is the champion.

Some things in sport are still that simple.

Golf keeps us all guessing

The rules of golf are such a mystery to so many people that there is a widely held belief that they were written by Agatha Christie.

So when the world’s most famous player and his bagman rack up a seven at a par three because they were unaware of a new rule, it is hardly surprising that we hackers are reduced to gibbering wrecks over a few red and yellow stakes.

Tiger Woods could have avoided the horrors of Sawgrass’ island 17th hole if, after putting his tee-shot into the water, he had chosen a selected alternative spot to play from instead of the allocated drop zone (from where he also found the water).

Confused? Don’t be – it is all in the rules of the game that is a good walk spoiled according to Mark Twain.

However, there was some good news to come out of the Players Championship (the unofficial ‘fifth major’).

It was a St Patrick’s Day success for Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and for golf fans it provided some of the most riveting TV viewing of a weekend full of high sporting drama.