Well, what a week for Welsh sport. I wanted to wait for the weekend to ensure yet another false dawn could be postponed for at least another fortnight.

The egg chasers will obviously get the biggest press, having beaten an imploding England side and a Scottish team with as much ambition as something without much ambition! Their forwards must be so gutted, as they work so hard only for the backs to mess things up – every time!
Anyway, enough about Rugby. Matt Thomas stunt double James Hook pops over for a try:

Football on the other hand is more surprising and should take more plaudits! The “senior” team defeated Norway 3-0… yes, John Carew did play and yes he then went on to score a hat trick this weekend against New-weareabigteamanddeservetrophieseventhoughwecan’tdefend -castle! What was even more remarkable about this victory was the fact we were missing our senior players, the ones who are in the premier league. Bale, Collins, Gabbidon and Bellamy were all absent. They guys who were playing spend a lot of time warming benches, but did a great job. We’ve praised Joe Ledley before, this time we’ll have a big up to Chris Gunter.

Gunter is one of the many Spurs defensive signings of late. He can play at right or left back – which will be interesing when Bale returns. Unlike Hutton he is good at defending rather than just charging forward like a mad yen. And he is still young!

Which leads us onto the biggest result of the week, the Under 21s winning 4-0 away in Malta, in a competitive fixture, securing their spot at the top of a group featuring France! This is without all the Under 21 players who were playing for the seniors! The likes of Ched Evans (Norwich) and Sam Vokes (Bournemouth) returned home to bang in more goals at the weekend! Hopefully these guys can kick on to make an impact for their clubs and then eventually for the seniors. Toshack always said he was building for the future. I think he’s been true to his word!