In reply to andymac:
> Unlucky fellow Jocks.
> Proud of your performance.
> Impressed with Brian Moore's BBC comment ;
> "Brave ,Brave Scotland.Commiserations."
Yes, this was a wonderful opportunity for us English - to pretend to be all sympathetic and good sportsmen, admiring a brave, skillful team, rising above narrow parochialism and saluting a noble effort (you'd never get the ABE Scots doing this, see how much better we are than them at the sporting spirit, even if we are rubbish at playing the games) - while giggling hysterically behind our hands and hoping they won't notice the suppressed splutter.
Of course we can't be too open about our schadenfreude because :
1) that would reveal that our fake commiserations are just that, deeply insincere and only for the camera, or possibly the pub
2) Jocks, Taffs and various other Celts have MUCH more gloating ammunition from this RWC than we do, if it comes to a full-on sour grapes contest
So indeed, Bravo Brave Scotland.