"...p.s. Didn't Prime Minister John Howard look absolutely graceless as he presented the winners' medals to the Poms. Not even the ghost of a smile..."

John Howard, I can understand - National Pride and all that - (It's understandable, just not excusable).
Worse, I thought, was the pillock from the organisers who was awarding the medals to the Australians, it was almost "take this and sod off"<1>, It looked as if he'd lost money backing the Aussies.

I enjoyed the match - I'm just not looking forward to the press for the next few days.

Walrus

<1> I think in one or two cases, he just handed the medal over, rather than the traditional 'hang around the neck')