Oh dear, Wales v Australia at rugby. Who do I cheer for? Well, Wales of course. But I’m pleased to see the Wallabies digging themselves out of the hole they had got themselves into, and I think the draw was a fair result.

The best thing about the match from the Welsh point of view is that only a few years ago, faced by that initial Australian onslaught, they would have crumbled and been thrashed. But they didn’t, they fought back, and made a very exciting game of it. The Australian backs were clearly a lot bigger, stronger and faster, which is a problem, but not an insurmountable one.

As for the Wallabies, Giteau did very well at scrum half, but they’ll be a lot happier when they have Mortlock available and can put Larkham back where he belongs. The scrum is still crumbling worryingly at times. Definitely more work needed there. And of course if Giteau had made his kicks they would have won. Someone else has to take over the kicking duties.

Much more international rugby to look forward to in the next few weeks, but first we have tomorrows England v New Zealand game. What do we reckon? All Blacks by 30 points?

Update: Huh, only 21 points margin? Come on New Zealand, you can do better than that. (And probably will do later in the tour when you’ve got a bit of practice in.)