It was built up as a formidable quest for the Taff. The haggis hordes were to add us to their plate of succulent delights.'Tweren'tto be though as the sons of Cymru, cockles aflow,ran amok in the first half. Scotland didn't have a clue even when Wales were reduced to 13 men.

The second half was a very quiet affair where even the commentators started to pick their teeth. Thoughts of pints were in everyones mind 30 minutes before no side was called. And so it was a 24 - 6 victory to Wales.

Meanwhile the Saxon dealt a tremendous blow to the Azzurri. A proposed spaghetti feast turned into a boiled beef and carrot trouncing that could makeMichelangelo paint bugger on the Sistine chapel ceiling.

The press have eyed up the Grand Slam in this Royal Wedding year already. There's the small matter of getting past The Dublin Bay Prawns 15, Haggis untied and frogs legs before that can happen.