Wales Mugged by England

“Could have” and “should have” are the words that are ringing in a rather thick head this morning. In the end “didn’t” is the word that sums up the Wales loss to England yesterday.

I had turned up expecting England to win comfortably – perhaps I had been taken in by Eddie Trump’s rhetoric. As it turned out, it was far from comfortable for England who looked second best for most of the match. Unfortunately Wales seem to have lost the knack of scoring tries and this cost them as it did in the Rugby World Cup. In a way the game reminded me of Gibbs Day all those years ago in Wembley. That day it was England who could not build a big enough lead to secure victory. Yesterday it was Wales. Bah! It will take a while to get over this I think.

Next week we have another outing to Cardiff when Pontypool take on Cardiff RFC in the Cup. I am certainly looking forward to it as if Pooler play like they did at Llanelli they will provide a stern test for the city slickers.

Come on Pooler!