mr.sumo snr. wrote:
> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3FB10591.1090407@hotmail.com...
> 
>>Predictions for the final please?
> 
> I'll be cheering for Wales...............'s Celtic brethren - the French,
> well at least the ones from Brittany - if only to piss off one of the local
> AETs who's been coming round to my house every weekend to watch the England
> games.

Heehee. Two English walked into the pub Saturday midway through the 1st 
half of MWM v Wales and ordered a sandwich. Neither were Rugby fans. I 
told them that technically we were closed (which was the case, a dozen 
people just watching tv basically) and that at best I'd order a pizza or 
bentoman (which we'd already done). But not if they uttered one word in 
support of pomgolia. Both of them left, I don't understand why.

> I was in 7th heaven for 40 minutes on Sunday evening - but not surprisingly
> the boys in red couldn't sustain their momentum.  An inspired piece of
> substituting (Mike Catt) was the tactical difference, and failure to kick
> points was the ultimate difference - Neil Jenkins must have been watching
> the game in agony.

Almost anybody who remembers the strong Welsh teams of the past would. 
When will those days return?

> Whoever is carrying the games in the UK will be rushing the Wales vs. NZ and
> Wales vs. England games straight to DVD/video - probably with some retired
> player from the 70's waxing lyrical how the performances auger well for next
> year's 6 Nations Championship....I've always admired the Welsh capacity to
> take heart from defeat..."it's the moral victory that counts"

<sigh>




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