I’m getting some pretty annoying emails from Aussie email lists talking up the Wallabies’ chances in the 2007 Rugby World Cup. They keep talking about how the All Blacks are going to choke again and how the Aussies will reign supreme. Nuts, it’d be damn hard to stomach another four years as Rugby World Cup title wannabes.

If there is any natural order to the universe, the All Blacks will reach their potential on the paddock this year. We won’t be smug about it, we won’t gloat, we’ll just have four years to quietly enjoy the victory, until the 2011 Rugby World Cup is played in New Zealand. Then after the 2011 World Cup, a rightful balance will return to the universe with the New Zealand All Blacks holding three Rugby World Cup titles. Ahhh, nice.