Oh oh!...

This World Cup just keeps getting better. "This was one of the most dramatic nights in the history of World Cup rugby as Georgia so nearly - and how it would have been deserved - produced the sport's greatest ever upset, losing narrowly 14-10 to Ireland in Bordeaux and having countless chances to win it." [Telegraph link] "

Georgia, the former Soviet Republic, has Europe's highest point, Mount Elbrus, and they climbed the highest mountain yesterday. A win for Georgia - and they should have, could have won - would have sent shock waves not just through rugby but through the sporting world."

The Georgian rugby team have lived up to the originator of their five cross flag, being both brilliant and splendid. The first mention of the five-cross design dates back to the middle of the XIVth century, when an unknown Franciscan monk wrote that the kingdom's flag was 'a white-colored cloth with five red crosses.' In prior centuries, Georgian kings had marched into battle brandishing a simpler flag, similar to the 'St. George's cross' [...], a single red cross, on a white background. According to a vexillological history written by the Georgian scholar Giorgi Gabeskiria, the four extra crosses were likely added during the reign of Giorgi V (also known as "the Brilliant" or "the Splendid"), who drove out the Mongols. Around that time, Georgians founded several monasteries in the Holy Land and became widely known for their piety. The new design was ostensibly fashioned after the Jerusalem cross, a symbol used by crusaders there and adopted as a testament to Georgia's righteous reputation."