The rugby season that is, I can smell it. The damp turf/quagmire, the blood, sweat and beers. Kicking off at a Twickenham venue near you this weekend.

For the record, the grass at Twickenham is green, London Irish and Harlequins have green in their jerseys - and often between their teeth - and those who can't get there will be green too! Does this qualify as a green event then?

Yeah, yeah, that's what the New Zealanders say too....

Why not? Good healthy mineral nutrients! Even tho non-Welsh.

Oooo, still coming down, it was lovely...and there was even a token Welshman there too. Couldn't be accused of a slight bias there gusty, could you??

Your correspondent arrived early and drank in the scene. Kick-off and Wasps took the early lead with a number of tries and it looked like Quins' reign as champs was already under threat, even this early in the season.

However, it was to be a tale of two halves and the gutsy Quins came back strongly to just behind Wasps, at 30-29 with just under 3 minutes to go. A penalty in Wasps 22 gave ex All-Blacks' fly-half Nick Evans (understudy to Dan Carter at one point, so not many games for him over there) a pop at goal, which he successfully slotted for the three points, Quins finishing 32-30.

Amaaaazing my lovelies, roll on the Six Nations.