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The weekend got off to a great start with the French losing the opening game of the Rugby World Cup to Argentina - a game that they were expected to win.  Is it me or do all English/British sport fans like to see the French get pummeled, especially when its on home soil? 

Saturday evening though could have delivered a serious blow to English sport, but fortunately the opposite was true for once with a rare hat-trick of success.

First up were the English cricket team, who were putting the finishing touches to the ODI series against India.  Following an exciting and at times controversial morning, England were set a target of just 188 to win the series 4-3.  I expected them to make a meal of it as per normal and they did get off to a shakey start, but ultimately ended up winning comfortably by 7 wickets and with 13 overs to spare.  More importantly, they finished in time (or at least the result was a full gone conclusion to mean that I could watch the England v Israel match.

Again, as a long suffering England football supported I expected them to make hard work of it, especially with the inclusion of a cetain Emile Heskey.

However. I was once again pleasantly suprised that they were not only playing some attractive football, but were also creating chances and even the man himself was linking well with Michael Owen.  I had some slight concerns that we hadn’t extended on Sean Wright-Phillips goal despite a number of qulaity chances, but that was removed when Owen finally hit the target early in the second half.  This all resulted in the second win of the day, with England taking it comfortably 3-0.

The to England Rugby.  I missed this match as I was busy with the football mentioned above and expected England to win comfortably.  They did win, although not as comfortably as might have been expected, missing out on the bonus point.  They will definitely have to be more convincing when they play Samoa and RSA, but don’t let that get in the way of the fact that England actually won in all 3 sports. 

We have to celebrate these small victories as we never know when the chance might arise again!