Lions

I've not written about the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa yet, even though it's now over That's because I haven't been watching the matches live and I have been terrified that someone will spoil the results for me. I watched the last test match yesterday, it was amazing! What a great game, what a great team! And I am thrilled with the result of "operation lion" on a domestic level too - I managed to get through all three tests without knowing the score beforehand! The matches were only on a subscription cable channel over here. I managed to find someone at work who's brother-in-law was willing to record the games for me. They were recorded on the Saturday, and passed to me on the Tuesday. During those four days I avoided Facebook and all the rugby news websites. The fact that no-one over here cares helped, although if anyone had found out that I cared then I'm sure my pleasure would have been ruined.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, the Lions is an invitation rugby union side made up of the best players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Every few years they tour another rugby nation in a season which usually culminates in a best-of-three test series. I find it wonderful because after four years of fighting each other, it's a chance to stand alongside my Scottish, Welsh and Irish friends and support the same team for once. Anyway, that's it for another four years. We're enemies again now