A Day of Sport

Today was a day of sport for me. And by that I mean I did no sport whatsoever. In fact, I did the total opposite of sport and watched TV for literally most of my day. But at least I was watching sport, which surely counts as a sport, no?

First was Italy v France in the rugby, an exciting game in a completely unexciting way. 8-50 was the score and yet it was a bit of a bore. I made that rhyme up all by myself :)

Then was England v Scotland. We were robbed! That english guy who tackled Thom Evans when he was about to score is a tool. The thoughts of joy and delight that were moments away from becoming a reality were cruelly crushed by his timely intervention.

I hate to admit it really but...England deserved to win. I could of course be happy with the fact that England won cos I'm half-English, but the half-Scot inside me said he would leave if I did that. And he's the half that knows my pin code.

After that, it was the big finale. The crunch match. The decider. Wales v Ireland, the battle, and it was a battle, to see who would be crowned 6 Nations champions. Could Ireland win the Grand Slam for the first time since 1948? Or would Wales snatch Ireland's potential joy from them just as Ugo Monye had done to Thom Evans and the rest of Scotland earlier?

In short, because apparantly "rugby is rubbish" and "nobody likes rugby. Or you for that matter", the game was technically full of mistakes with only glimpses of good rubgy but it was more dramatic than when Dirty Dennis returned from the dead. Wales were 15-14 up, 3 minutes to go when O'Gara succeeds with a drop goal attempt. Then with the clock showing no time left, Wales get a penalty 58m away from the posts. Stephen Jones steps up and absolutely hammers the ball downfield but it falls 6 inches short and Ireland win their first Grand Slam in 60 years. The most tense thing I've ever seen, more twists and turns than B-boy Turbo's latest ever-changing story.

And if you don't like rugby, rugby doesn't like you.

Oh and Murray beat Federer :) But Middlesbrough lost :(

A proper ramble tomorrow I think. Then on Monday it'll be Dave again I think. Sorry about that. And then on Tuesday it'll be Dave again. And Wednesday. And I'm sure he'll put lots of effort into all his posts.

Thomas out