It's 15.45pm on Saturday October 6th.....................the happiest moment of the year for an English sportsman. The England rugby union side have pulled off the most amazing result in years in beating the odds-on favourites Australia. How sweet that sounds. Written off by all and sundry, not least the southern hemisphere know-alls (why do we in the UK always listen to them so reverently as if they have all the knowledge when it comes to sport?), the England team played with passion and absolute commitment to snatch a most unlikely win.
Whatever they do in the rest of the tournament and whoever they play in the semi-final, the whole nation can be rightly proud of a team who showed true Dunkirk spirit against the old enemy in a match no one thought they could win, perhaps with the exception of the players themselves. I bet Australian Rugby Chief Executive John O'Neill really hates us now....
You beauty,
Wello
