Rugger, old chaps, Ostrava-style

Looks like we took a couple photon torpedoes to our bows and consequently lost a bit of warp speed on the blog after the last few days. Time to Scotty her up and launch back to Factor Seven. I notice La Francais is revving up to add some panache by joining the ranks of co-authors. Going by the broad hints he's been dropping he could soon surpass Bedrich as the third most prolific blogger on this site. All he has to do is send in three posts to be on second-equal terms. In the meantime, this little video clip on youtube has been doing the office rounds here in God's Own Country as an example of how 'The Code' is played in Central Europe and why we won't be seeing the Ostravan third XV in France later this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSg7M_k92A