Scotland vs Wales

Dunbar has got an unusually good sports facility called Hallhill. They are so good that on Saturday they hosted an international game of rugby...women's rugby. Whilst several fools paid lots of money to watch the blokes play at Murrayfield, we paid diddly to watch Scotland and Wales finest roll around a muddy field. I didn't tell Andrew it was women's rugby as he wouldn't have gone...and I wanted to see his reaction to it. 10 minutes into the game he turns to me and says 'I see Wales have got a woman playing for them'. I replied 'yes...and they are all playing like girls'. Another 10 minutes past and the ball came over to our side and it was a chance to get a closer look at them. Only then...and he wasn't 100% sure (as was I) when he said 'Is it girls rugby?'

To be fair on the lad some of the players were quite burley and hairy and to the untrained eye could easily be mistaken for Bill Beaumont. To some extent lots of the cliches about women's rugby were actually true. Butch dykes and ugly (I can spot them a mile off...for all those years working for Stockport Council it was an all too familiar sight). There was however a few posh horsey types who had obviously come throught the ranks of the Edinburgh private schools like Watson's, and one or two slightly more fem looking characters. It has to be said Wales was the better looking team...and they won so better at the game too. however I don't suppose there is much market value in looks in this game. Regardless of image they looked like they were having a good time, and the punch up's were very entertaining. Isabelle came to watch it too, but thankfully she was not that interested in pursuing the sport.

Anyway, we have got another international there on Friday. Scotland under 15's vs Hibs Under 15's football. Andrew's footy coach is also Scotland's U15's national coach and has arranged the fixture. Andrew and the boys are hoping to get picked to be the mascot. We will see.