I can't imagine many sporting calamities worse than Italy going out to Australia in the second round of the world cup.

Still, getting past them with a dodgy penalty in the fifth minute of extra time is a bit less than satisfying.

But then again, I was at Wellington Stadium when Jonathan Kaplan stole the Bledisloe Cup off the All Blacks by playing on and awarding consecutive penalties until Australia got within shooting range and John Eales put that kick over in the fifteenth minute of extra time. No, I still haven't recovered, actually.

So a dodgy penalty in the fifth minute of extra time? Tough. Read it in the papers tomorrow.