Oh. My. God.

I lost a bit of interest in the Rugby World Cup after Wales got untimely kicked by Fiji. I can’t blame Fiji - they won on penalties which meant it was essentially Wales’ fault but still, they were looking good and distinctly better than the averaging England, whose arses I was expecting to get arses resoundingly kicked by Australia in today’s quarter final.

But no! Johnny Wilkinson single footedly thrashed the Wallabies, converting 4 penalties against the Ozzies converted try and penalty.

As of this writing, the All Blacks are 10-0 up against Les Bleus. I don’t see the New Zealanders having too much trouble of putting the French back in their box and stepping forward to do the same to England next weekend.

Tomorrow I shall be routing for Scotland against Argentina. It would be nice if our northern cousins got through to the semis as well.

SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Oh. My. God. France beat the Kiwis! I definitely did not see that coming. France vs England in the semi finals then. Delightfully unexpected! Suddenly, England retaining their title seems a vague possibility!