Last weekend, most people seemed preoccupied with some football match or other. No idea what all that was about. Instead I was delighted - nay, overjoyed that Wasps secured victory in the Heineken Cup Final and are European club champions once again.

I didn’t get to see the match, unfortunately. Plans to go to Twickenham were put on hold because of family commitments and there didn’t seem to be any pub that had the capability of both showing the rugby and accomodating families with young children. Still, as it seemed apparent that Leicester were going to win, considering their indomitable performance of late and I wasn’t going to be too disheartened at not watching Wasps lose.

One game, 2 tries and 25 points to 9 later, Lawrence Dallaglio raises the cup. Leicester manage to score 9 points in the first half thanks to three penalties scored by “Fat” Andy Goode. Wasps rub salt in the wounds by having tries scored by scrum half Eoin Reddan and (this still makes me laugh) Raphael Ibanez, the Wasps hooker. Yes, the hooker. The short, fat man in the middle of the scrum scores a try in the European Cup final.

It can’t get better than that.*

*Well, it could have done if they’d come higher than fifth in the premiership and hadn’t been knocked out of the EDF Energy Cup in the the group rounds.