[jyl]

I've spent plenty of time in France, Paris and elsewhere. I find the French pretty much like everyone else. Nicer in little towns, hit and miss in big cities, tourists are cash cows everywhere in the world. As for rugby - pretty rough sport, but then there's stick assaults in hockey, spearing in American football, elbows in basketball - these are contact sports. Gouging an eye is out of line, though.

FYI the All Blacks are NZ I think, not OZ.