draws in rugby by London Welsh

It has been three days now, and I still have no emotional response to Saturday's game against Australia.
Throughout the years I have born witness to many types of displays and results. Brave Welsh performances in the face of adversity, classic routs of the oppo, games where we have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat (and vice versa on many occasions) and downright rapings. Each has had an emotional response because there was closure.

Whether the team who deserved to win actually won or not was irrelevant; the best team won because they had more points then the other. I'll refer to RWC 2003 where we outscored The Saxon 3 tries to 1. Did it matter? No. Jonny Papercut slotted multiple lefties and we lost. I was left aggrieved, upset, and when The Apeth lifted the cup I was left to wonder "what if..."

In kiss-ball, the draw is commonplace. For a game that increasingly disgusts by the week, I can let it go. After all, we are not Americans (sorry Doug et al) and do not need meaningless numbers of baskets, TD's or Homeruns only to be excited by the final seconds of a game in all of our major sports.

But Rugby? Please no, 30 men give their bodies, souls and lives for their club or, more importanly, pride and honour for their nation for 80 minutes and still they cannot be separated. Personally I feel that the phrase "the draw was a fair result" is a cop-out. It is a typical Dewi Morris/Stuart Barnes soundbyte typical of the fence sitting, (Welsh born) Saxon Fecks. I do not think there is a single player on the field at full time who would have said "yeah, i'll take that". Chris Latham gave one of the most impressive performances at 15 I have ever seen. He would have taken on all 15 of our guys on his own given the chance, and i'm sure that applies to the other Wallabies and Welshmen who gave their all on Saturday.

In my opinion, the international draw is unnacceptable, and should be irradicated from the game as soon as possible, including RWC pool games and Six/Tri nations. Let's take it to the school yard...next score wins!