England lost 6 - 15 to South Africa in the final of the Rugby World Cup 2007. 

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I could go on about the poor decision around the disallowed try, and the some dubious decisions to award penaltys against England.

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But in the spirit of the game I have to admit that South Africa have consistently been the best side in the tournament, and they deserved to win yesterday. England has probably been the side that improved the most during the tournament, demonstrating a determination and true grit to win.

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All was not lost though, as Argentina gave France a lesson in rugby and really rubbed salt in the wound of them losing to England in the semi final, by beating them 34-10 .....

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Now I have to clear up all the empty Moosehead, Alpine, Keith's bottles  and look at the dried on Chilli in the pot. I am very impressed with the adhesive qualities of this Chilli. Perhaps I can patent it and sell the formula to 3M or some other whiz company. I have decided the dishwasher may not be able to cope with this red-hot dried on super Chilli, so I am going don my industrial rubber gloves, prepare a bath of acid and then try paint remover to budge the impressive crud.

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We had quite a party last night, drowning our sorrows and discussing what might have been... then we got fed up of moaning, and decided there is always another chance in four years time so we settled down to watch "Casino Royale". There is nothing like a good Bond Action film to restore faith in the good guy's winning in the world.

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The rest of today will be spent putting the finishing touches on Julie's exhibition stand (I will post a photo some time later).