VI NATIONS I

There are many things we could say about the opening match last week-end. Exciting is not one of them, although Mirco did score a try! Italy at least showed a spark of passion, England just plodded through the 80 minutes. The scrum-half Mauro experiment did not come off, his centre of gravity just not being low enough to throw that scrum ball correctly. Thankfully, France was there to lift the spirits (even though they lost) and the other matches of the week-end were MUCH better. Somehow, I don't think England are going to keep their top of the table position much longer though that doesn't stop me looking forward to next week-end!