Barry, I just know you were trying to get a rise out of me
, so here goes.
Rugby: We won the first game and in the second, Australia scored more tries but beaten by a Jonny Wilkinson goal (penalty this time).....again
Redeemed ourselves last night with a good win over Ireland
World Cup: Out, but not disgraced...bigger footballing nations than us have gone ignominiously (France, Italy)
Cricket: These are only practice games, and the Aussie boys are just warming up for the main event later this year. Plus, after a 6-1 thrashing of England in the ODIs last season, we didn't want to humiliate England further
Barry, bigger sporting disasters have been recorded, the cricketers were beaten by Bangladesh a while back
Peter.