Reports that ARU officials snubbed him at the post-match dinner on Saturday night are disheartening.
As Phil Vickery reminded us at Saturday's post-match dinner, it is amazing how international rugby fortunes can fluctuate.
His task on that night 21 years ago was to make a presentation at a post-match dinner.
The two sides enjoyed the customary post-match dinner but the Italians drifted away from the proceedings early enough.
The Wales players, who will watch the final game during the after-match dinner in Rome, would be presented with winners' medals if they clinched the championship but they would not receive the cup until Sunday in Cardiff.
"If Wales win, the players would receive their medals at the post-match dinner in Rome and we would organise a presentation for the following day when they return home," the spokesman said.
When it comes to playing in Cardiff, England just don't have the bottle," indicated Robert Jones, although it would be Paul Thorburn that would cause the biggest furore, with his comments aimed towards journalist Stephen Jones at the after-match dinner: "I would very much like Mr Stephen Jones to leave the room because I consider him to be the scum of the earth".
Ceramic soup bowls with orange insides ($50 each) and matching dinner plates each hand-painted with an insect design ($48 each) make charming everyday dinnerware that you won't see in everyone else's kitchen.
Kapoor laments the prominence of these class signifiers, but based on the movie's trailer, it is these very objects that form the basis for the film's appeal: we see hot, young folks at polo matches, dinner parties, and the mall.
"If Wales win the title, then medals will be presented to the team at the post-match dinner in Rome," the spokesperson added.
The pudding will have to be given a miss, and I will have to make sure I leave room for my usual pre-match dinner of chicken and pasta.
