Hi

Today I watched the recordings when Italy beat France. I was pleased for Italy. They have played very strongly in the forwards all season and just have not had the penetration in the backs to score many tries. This and a lack of a consistant goal kicker has meant that they lost some games that they should have won.

I was lucky enough to recive a ticket for the England Scotland game yesterday morning when one of my sons had to work unexpectedly.

It was not a vintage England performance and despite far more possession they were run very colse by a Scottish side that fouhht all the way. They will need to improve on this in Dublin if they are to win the Grand Slam. They made far too many mistakes and gave away possession far to easily.

Dave , England too changed their No 10 but he - Wilkinson won it for them.

Come to think of it, if Wilko were to play for Italy instead of sitting on the bench most of the time, that could be interesting.


Cheers

MikeL2