What a great weekend's rugby. Brilliant by Ireland - they really put the wallabies in their box, and yet again some of the so called lesser teams put on an excellent display. The Georgian pack were dead solid, and if they'd had a kicker capable of punishing England for all the mistakes in the first half we'd have been in real trouble. The canadians gave the french a run for their money for the first hour or so; just as the Japanese did.
My french customers are already making excuses for the battering they will get from the all blacks next weekend, trying to suggest that France will deliberately lose so that they are sure of meeting England in the 1/4 finals. I point out to them that they based on what we've seen so far in this world cup they won't have to try to hard to lose against New Zealand, and that England has not been a happy fixture for them in the knockout stages of the world cup of late.
Oh, and to round of a great weekend, in football Mighty Southampton top of the Championship. Yee ha.
