Munster v Scarlets (in green) was on earlier, and I was struck by the fact that although the game was played in Cork, Guinness was the only beer advert I could make out. Whatever happened to Beamish and Murphy's?

Going back to last weekend, I thought it was non-discretionary that throwing a punch was carded. And I know I'm Scottish (my wife reckons that nobody needs reminded of the fact), but 2 of the photos of the game in "Scotland on Sunday" showed

1 Max Evans being tackled Steve Borthwick who is holding Evans' head in two hands and his left thumb looks very, very near Evans' eye.

2 Ross Ford with middle finger stuck in his left eye.

If I were French or South African I would be rather upset.