Now look. It’s like this.
We travelled to Llanelli in high hope, and we were beaten fair and square by a team who were better on the night. We have no complaints, though obviously we were downcast and disappointed. We travelled home in our thousands, sadder but philosophical about it.
And then we heard the [...]

I was hoping to bring some kind of semi-coherent report of the Wales trip, but to be completely honest with you, I’m still shattered from it, emotionally and physically.
I’m exhausted.
Why?
I don’t know why.
Yes, we did have to get up at half past three in the morning, which is a bit of a conundrum in itself. [...]

They murdered us.
The scoreline does no justice to a team who outplayed Munster in every aspect of the game. Llanelli were outstanding and they walked all over us right from the start and when the Munster team went in at half time 17-0 down, there was never going to be any way back.
The next forty [...]

Munster play Llanelli tomorrow evening in the quarter final of the European Rugby Cup.
We’re going by road, which means that Bullet and myself have to get up at four in the morning to catch the Rosslare ferry. Christ Almighty.
The game is at 7.30 tomorrow evening and on Saturday we’re going to watch Sunderland [...]

Bleat-Bleat!!
Wha — ?
Bleat-Bleat!!
Ungnnhh?
Bleat-Bleat!!
I shook myself awake. What the – ?
Had I been dreaming? No. It was Philip, my electric sheep-butler. It opened its jaw parts, revealing an old Mark Seven voice synthesiser, which was all I could afford when I bought it.
How’s it goin, Boss? I knew that voice, though [...]

I had just fired my final Magnum 44 round at the last surviving critter and drained the last of the Wild Turkey when the phone rang.
ring ring ring crash!
What???!!!???
How’s it goin Boss?
It was the Great Zucchini.
Do you want to go to Wales?
What?
Wales. Do you want to go?
Yeah. It’s nice there. I might [...]