Whichever way you look at it, it was a miserable first weekend for the Home Nations.
Oh no doubt in Wales they are still singing out of tune and praising their own Gats and Sean but the rest of us aren't fooled. Nobody played well but the Eyeties.
Still on the bright side, Englishmen had the quiet satisfaction of seeing Andy Nicol choke on his own optimism as the Sweaties went from dull and boring in the RWC to hopeless now. A French team few had even heard of were able to relax in the knowledge that Scotland had rediscovered their blunt ways behind the pack. Never mind that the French scrum went backwards, the Jock backs expertly led by Kiwi Parks would drop it or pass to no-one.
Also, the star of the pre-match hype on TV, new cap Nick de Luca (are the Jocks poaching Eyeties now?) was earth shatteringly crap. I wonder who at the BBC is responsible for this particular gem? I look forward to more albatrosses being hung around the necks of the featured players this week.
Meanwhile, over at Choke Park, Camp Paddy was not a happy one - again. Its hard to champion continuity when the chosen team, weighed down by their caps, plays like complete strangers. I missed the match, but by all accounts, the better team came second.
And back at HQ, we had the unedifying sight of the inept managing to steal a loss against the useless. See next blog for more details.
The single most important fact from last weekend is that the teams with new coaches all put in the better performances - are you watching Rob Andrew. But truly this is the most even championship for years - they all look awful!
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