But then in terms of population those who can understand cricket are an even smaller minority

Touche. Then again at the moment it is one of the few sports where we currently excel and we may want to listen. Clearly the Welsh, and the rest of us for the that matter, will want to listen to the rugby tomorrow morning on the radio in our cars if we are out and about. That unfortunately is another one on MW, Talksport, that is mighty hard to get in my part of the world, no doubt in the Welsh hills as well.

Touche. Then again at the moment it is one of the few sports where we currently excel and we may want to listen. Clearly the Welsh, and the rest of us for the that matter, will want to listen to the rugby tomorrow morning on the radio in our cars if we are out and about. That unfortunately is another one on MW, Talksport, that is mighty hard to get in my part of the world, no doubt in the Welsh hills as well.

Divided loyalties North of the border, strong French sympathies as against celtic links.... :wonder:

Sounds like a win-win then! Both teams play with flair, sadly lacking in the England set up, and I hope that whoever wins goes on to win the whole tournament. The southern hemisphere are far too arrogant regarding their superior skills and it would be great to see them brought down a peg or two. I go Wales to win and Australia to beat New Zealand by 3 points or less, Wales to win the final. New Zealand to then spend the 3 months in tears wondering how they bottled in once again. (please place no bets based on this prediction)This is relevant to the thread as people in Wales, France, New Zealand and Australia are all thinking of getting a Skoda.

Sounds like a win-win then!

I think I have most bases covered, I have a large family in New Zealand, some of whom moved on to Australia. I don't think I have any connection to Wales and then as a Scot we have the long standing ties and alliance with France.

But I would also like to see Wales have a crack at it, they have been consistently the most exciting team in the tournament.

Hope Wales win tomorrow and go on and win the whole thing.

They have played very well.

However anybody who watched the RL final last week would see how rugby should be played, non stop with flair and fantastic ball handling.

I am a RL man and struggle to understand the complicated rules and the constant kicking.It has more stop start than a Greenline! Even friends who have played the game don`t enjoy it as much.

Oh yes and I also enjoy cricket (got it on Sky now) and will miss MW/LW and all the static interference.

Should do away with radio 3 on FM and make it a sports channel!

Not much rah rah rugby in gods own county and we are big into cricket.

Cheers

Peter.