"Aie, aie, aie!"

"Aie, aie, aie!", (Ouch, ouch, ouch!) read the front page of Le Parisien yesterday - a reflection of France's loss in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup on Friday.

Yes, what a great weekend for English sport this has been. Yesterday the English National Football; Cricket and Rugby teams all won their games in major sporting competitions.

And to top it all, we saw the French rugby team lose the inaugral World Cup game - at home - in a tournament they are hosting. Superb.

The only downside? It was Argentina who had to hand out the French loss. In an ideal world, a France Vs Argentina fixture (in any sport), would result in both of these national sides losing. In this one instance, I don't mind too much that the Argies won!

M