Sports Letter: Simply best

Sir: Most of your papers have complained about how boring the Rugby Union World Cup final was or criticised Australia's style of play. To be honest, every Australian I saw in Cardiff was wearing a smile and celebrating a wonderful victory. Australia played the game as it should be, hard and fair.

We won every game we played and were the best team in the tournament. Our players deserved the title. Perhaps you should spend less time knocking us and concentrate more on supporting your own players. You never know, you may beat us at something.

LES BURKE

Melbourne, Australia