Super 14

Watching the Blues vs Reds match last night was an interesting exercise in seeing which of two totally incompetant teams would win by making marginally fewer cock-ups than the other. The only highlight was an (Australian) commentator praising a drop kick by the Reds as superb, thrilling rugby.

This from the nation that spent all 2003 ridiculing Johnny Wilkinson, and making Wilkinson’s field goals the subject of an “Is that all you’ve got?” campaign.