Just to digress from *that* decision, I was surprised and pleased to see Jonathon Lemalu being backed by a choir when he sang the anthems. But what a voice that bloke has got!

Oh well, a lot of the fun has gone out of the RWC now. The rest of NZ is on the collective edge of its seat waiting for the result of the All Blacks v Australia, (the *real* final, as many down here are calling it) but I find myself in "who-gives-a-shit" situation. And whoever wins the Southern Hemisphere clash, don't ask me to support France in the final. Perhaps, though I should, as without exception every team I have supported in this championship has duly lost at the next opportunity!

Looking for a beret...