Dull and void

[chickenfeet]

So another weekend of boring bungling in the Six Nations. Scotland and Ireland floundered through the mud and the rain to a try less result in Dublin, Wales just avoided losing to Italy by dint of some woeful goal kicking by Pez and, to cap it all, fifteen Inspector Clouseau clones in Paris managed to put thirty points on the St. Dunstan's School for the Blind 3rd XV who had mysteriously shown up on the England bus. As atpotch has said in his own journal, the French don't deserve to win the championship after such an awful performance but then nor does anyone else. Let's declare it "dull and void".

The worst thing is with the season here just around the corner I shall soon be seeing more of my Southron team mates who will no doubt take any opportunity to point out the superiority of the Super 14 and the Tri-Nations to the dreck that is currently being passed off as international rugby in Europe. And this time around I'm just going t keep my mouth shut.

Comments

[pyroclasticgrub.livejournal.com]

Everytime you post about "Six Nations" the first thought that immediately jumps to mind is the Iroquois Confederacy.

Sorry, a bit of Aboriginal history nerdey. I'll stop now.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I've played rugby against Brantford. I know all about those Iroquois!

[pyroclasticgrub.livejournal.com]

And you've still got all your limbs?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Yes but not much hair

[pyroclasticgrub.livejournal.com]

How's your scalp? :P

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

prickly

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

You're right, England were so bad I almost feel guilty gloating. Almost.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

They were so bad that after fifteen minutes - by which time it was something like 13-0 - I switched off the TV and went for a walk to a coffee shop; I had my walkman-radio on, but it was barely registering.

Seriously poor showing.

[klig.livejournal.com]

It's the vibrant primal spirit of the southern nations that makes our Rugby interesting. And it rains less.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I might buy the "and it rains less" argument were it not for the fact that New Zealand perenially dominates SH rugby.

[klig.livejournal.com]

I think there's something about NZ rain that makes it not dismal. Perhaps that's the key. Moist suffering without dismality.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

methinks you have never been to Dunedin in July

[klig.livejournal.com]

Quite true. It was fairly chill in January actually.