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Bracewell is returning to Glos. This (to a Gloucestershire supporter) is awesome news.

Oh how the mighty have fallen.  Not long ago the unstoppable force in limited overs cricket, now the whipping boy in near every form of the game. Despite the appalling summer last year they managed to turn a profit, yet this year they’re without a coach and with an ailing side. The latest move to refuse to pay agents’ fees smacks of desperation.

Here’s hoping Bracewell returns to Bristol and brings some much needed form with him.

‘We have decided that the government can make their position clear, but that it is not for us to intervene directly in this matter’

This makes me very angry. I was genuinely pleased that the Gordon Brown government seemed to be willing to step in when Blair wasn’t. I can’t understand why they simply don’t act. A single statement saves a ludicrous amount of trouble.

Booboo, we hardly knew you. Mark Alleyne has been with Glos since I’ve been old enough to take notice of the team sheet. It’s hard to tell if his departure was wholly amicable, but I do hope it was. He’s been an outstanding champion for the club; let alone being the captain that along with John Bracewell took us through our glory years.

Top of the table clash.  Televised.  Both Sinbad and Vainikolo unable to play.  Cock.

Why oh why oh why do they always manage to pull it out of the bag?  Wasps do it again.

In the last 5 meetings (over the last 3 years) we’ve only beaten South Africa once. It was at Twickenham and it was only just (by 2 points, 23-21). Our total points difference is 116 against in those 5 matches.

We started the tournament 279-1 outsiders. We’re still 3-1 against as compared to the Springboks 2-1 on. But:

We’ve got Johnny

Well well.  Let’s hope England do as well, eh?

Is John Terry a robot? It appears that his skin is malfunctioning.

What a day.  I can’t say much, being one of the many people who consigned Northern Hemisphere rugby to certain failure this World Cup.  But oh my God, I’ve never been happier to be so so wrong.  France beat the All Blacks and England beat Australia in two thrilling matches.  Suddenly the World Cup has come alive.