I was shopping this afternoon at about 3.00pm, when this bloke came up to me and said out of the blue, "Excuse me, Chief, but what was the score?".

It was a reasonable guess on his part as most Exiles down in south-east England wear the kilt to show allegiance during Rugby Internationals. When I responded, slightly despondently, "18-19 to Ireland" he went "YES!", said "Thanks, mate" and wandered off.

So, I reckon that the kilt is making an impact, even if not quite the one I would like, and even if I wasn't one of the infrequent wearers this Irishman probably assumed I was he still pinged me as someone likely to know the score.