mr.sumo snr. wrote:
> It was tough to support the old enemy - more out of North Hemisphere pride
> than any love of England.

Aye, but the better team won.

> I'll take pride that the second and third best games in the tournament both
> involved the 'boys in red'.  What do you think - should the England veterans
> bow out now on an incredible high or after next year's Six Nations in front
> of their home supporters - a Six Nations that Wales will win - but with a
> loss to either England or France.

I think most of those not retiring after the RWC will be gone after the 
2005 lions tour of kiwiland. Its unlikely that the poms will ever have 
such a team again in combination with heavy rain in both the SF and 
final. A pity really, because a NH win was good for the sport, and they 
probably won't win another for quite some time.

> The real winners of the tournament - JSports I guess - 'coz it's going to be
> very difficult to drop the subscription after these 5 /6 weeks of rugby
> overexposure - I just don't think I can go 'cold turkey'.  Anyone know if
> the Celtic League is on JSports?

No idea about the latter. Personally I think I'll drop the J-Sports 
subscription though unless there is another significant event on it. Do 
you get the catalog each month?




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"Beyond the Euphrates began for us the land of mirage and danger, the 
sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing. 
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige 
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to 
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be 
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138