I know why you are here....
Now, you can find all manner of rugby comment from all sorts of people with all sorts of more ‘knowledge, experience and opinion’ than I. But that isn’t why you are here is it? You are hear because you find me urbane, amusing and extraordinarily perceptive. Yes? Yes.
So, this squad for the world cup has really warmed my heart and made me all glow-ey and chipper. Eh? The reason?
Well, it’s like this, see. It used to be the case that, when a squad or team was announced there would often be a few unexpected names in there. And that was always good fun and quite exciting. And ‘fun’ and ‘exciting’ haven’t exactly been the watchwords of team announcements for the last decade or so, have they?
So, Brew, James from Cardiff and James from Gloucester – exciting names in that they perhaps (definitely, in the case of the James boys) were unexpected and somewhat unknown. Good, I say. A bit of sparkle in there with the same-old, same-old.
But what is all this fuss about Cockbain being out? He is not yet back to being the right royal pain the arras that he was, so he isn’t in. Problem? I rate him on his day, mind. Love his attitude. And apparently he smokes stuff in the shed on his allotment in Cardiff*.
Yes. Good old Jenkins, getting us all nostalgic again. Good man.
* ham and fish, mostly before you 'get all superskunky on my ass.' Ahem. Please, Wilbach, less of that - we're British, dontcha know.
I see that Paul Ackford has read my blog and knicked my views for his article. (allegedly).