Having settled down on Friday, with a fine bottle of claret, we were expecting a tremendous match between Wales and France and to be fair, there were some exciting passages of play, but they were few and far between. From our viewpoint France once they intercepted a poor pass and took the lead were always going to win the game and at half time looked as if they were going to run away with it. However Wales did come back at the French in the second half and visions of a revival similar to that against the Scots looked on the cards for a 10 minute period. Then the French regained their composure and despite another late score by Wales, France kept their 100 % record this year winning 20-26.
Italy beat Scotland yet again 16-12 and Ireland secured an away win against England 16-20. Both games were very disappointing, maybe not to the winning team's fans, but certainly for rugby supporters worldwide. Italy have very limited playing resources and can therefore be excused to some extent. Ireland have what appears to be a team that is going backwards. Scotland are very poor. The biggest condemnation must be for England. They are rudderless and have no idea. Martin Johnson was a great player but as the Head Coach he is fast becoming a joke. The selection of Steve Borthwick is pathetic, to make him captain, well that's bordering on insanity. The backs coach has been a dismal failure! All in all a very disappointing weekend of NH rugby. Let's hope for a lot better in the next round of matches.
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