Hi Stephen,

My family hasn't spoken Welsh for a long time - it really only became common again in the Rhondda during the 1980s; my cousins speak Welsh but their parents don't.

Anyway, I always felt it sounded better in English

And I haven't written off France - I remember that first half against Wales. I just don't think that Ireland, if they beat Wales, will do it by such a margin as to allow the French a shot. I also think it's ironic that the only team to have won four out of four games is still, technically, the underdog!

Anyway, I'm going to miss the bloody match as I'm maning a stand at York's Discovery Festival this weekend

Pete

God is our guide! from field, from wave, From plough, from anvil, and from loom; We come, our country's rights to save, And speak a tyrant faction's doom: We raise the watch-word liberty; We will, we will,we will be free!