tally ho old boy i say

its a sad fact of life but in a penalty shoot out­ someone has to miss. shame it had to be martyn williams­ but dont forget if cardiff had off got their fifth kick­ williams would never have took a kick. their was no­ other way on sunday off deciding this. plus the players­ could not off continued as they were exhausted. chin up­ martyn your a credit to the game.

An ambassador for the sport, who encapsulates­ everything that is good about rugby. A class act who­ will no doubt deal with the bizarre, once in a lifetime­ (but nonetheless upsetting) set of circumstances in the­ same proffessional manner as any other high or low he­ has endured during his career. Anyway, todays news is­ merely tommorows 'question of sport' fodder!

Don't dwell on it Martin, what has happened should­ be put to one side and think about what Cardiff have­ achieved in such a short time. Footballers take note­ this sport is a gentlemen's game and the spirit of­ the players and the fans live by this ethos

Oh and comment 2, absolutely spot on. Martyn Williams­ is one of the finest players I have seen.

I watched this game and one of the things I first­ noticed at the end of the game was the way the­ Leicester players acted, they were hugely courteous by­ not over celebrating and not having one those stupid­ player pile ups like in football. This is the spirit of­ Rugby and long may in last.
I used to play lock and­ openside before i was injured and I really would not­ have wanted to take a one of those kicks. Not a great­ way to decide a game but it rarely gets that far. Good­ luck Leicester.

What a STUPID way to decide a rugby game...
Fair enough­ in football as that is how you score a goal/penalty,­ everyone kicks in football etc etc...
Why dont they­ have something like a drop off system, where every 5­ mins a player must drop off until the next scorer wins?­
Martyn Williams can hold his head high, an exceptional­ player and remember for everything but a kick.

New­ Zealander living in London

Noone would expect Dan Carter to do Andrew Sheridans or­ Gethin Jenkins job and noone would expect peter­ stringer to scrum down in the second row, in my­ opinion, the same goes for goal-kicking. I play 10, and­ it takes routine and technique to master the­ place-kick, somethin that the great nugget hasnt got­ time for, when hes ruling the breakdown and puttin in­ tackle after tackle.
Forget about it and move on­ Martyn, if anything, the rugby supporters of this world­ respect and love you even more noew.

Martyn will not be remembered for that one kick. He­ will be remembered as one of the greatest back row­ forwards ever to play this game. Hard but fair and­ never resorting to violence. A true warrior and­ gentleman.

Thats what rugby is all about , both teams & both­ sets of supporters are an absolute credit to the game ,­ desperately disappointed for Martyn Williams , lets­ hope he takes his anger & frustration out on S­ Africa & runs riot