Anything for the weekend sir? Wales win again and a Torres hat-trick!

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In the Six Nations, Wales won again beating Italy 47-8 at Cardiff, with Shane Williams and Lee Byrne producing a bit of magic to score two tries each, and Tom Shanklin added another try to cap his 50th cap appearance for Wales.
Although Wales have now won three games in the championship, I think the last two games, against Ireland and France will the hardest games Wales will have play in the Six Nations!

One of the few highlights in Liverpool's F.C. season, has been the world-class performances of Fernando Torres. "El Nino" for short is the first Liverpool player for over five years to score more than 20 goals in a season. So it was pleasing to see him score a hat trick against Middlesborough this weekend.

Finally just for my mate John,I had a nice cup of tea and a pea-nut butter Muffin at a friend's house over the weekend!

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