tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219646897587177986.post7645078760587009687..comments2024-03-06T04:50:47.440+01:00Comments on More than just wine: Who will win, and how?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635428184895066582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219646897587177986.post-52025683668482532792011-02-13T11:48:21.128+01:002011-02-13T11:48:21.128+01:00It should be noted that this game saw a total rout...It should be noted that this game saw a total rout of the French team, whose defense was constantly made to look like gruyère cheese by the speed and inititives of the Australian back line. Australia won by 59 tp 16, scoring 7 tries in the process. What I said about the play of the Australian backs was more than proved, but that day they (and the 3rd row of their scrum, who provided a lot of the ammunition from turnovers) must have played almost the perfect game. Nobody expected France, whose scrum was so dominant, to get this kind of thrashing. Everything went too fast for them. No scrum no win? Not for Australia!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635428184895066582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219646897587177986.post-88388112271095046172010-12-22T15:24:28.041+01:002010-12-22T15:24:28.041+01:00Yes, I knew that about the Porical family. A remak...Yes, I knew that about the Porical family. A remakable record, and I thing that Jérôme has great potential. He was unhappy in the autumn tests, but I expect we shall see him again before too long in the French team, maybe after the next world cup.<br />Although I love rugby, I am not a groupie, so I won't take you up on your kind offer of a signed photograph. But you can congratulate him on his elegance as a player and his excellent goal-kicking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635428184895066582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219646897587177986.post-85338738032772453142010-12-22T14:22:46.347+01:002010-12-22T14:22:46.347+01:00I don’t possess your huge rugby culture, me poor B...I don’t possess your huge rugby culture, me poor Belgian worm. But Jérôme Porical lives in the village next to mine (Pézilla de la Rivière), just as his father and grand-father did. The three of them once belonged to the back-line of Perpignan’s side (USAP), in their own period. And the three of them played the final of the French championship at least once. And two of them won it.<br />If you really insist, a snapshot of Jérôme is something I could probably manage to get hold of.Luc Charliernoreply@blogger.com