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He was in hospital overnight for scans of a neck injury. No further news yet.

3. Sharpie 2. Pocock 1. Robinson

Barnes is the ref, he's pretty clueless about scrums, working on guesswork mainly. Have to wait and see. But, certainly, Wales are the weakest up front they've been in years.

Odds are it will be closed. It was last week. There has been massive flooding in northern Wales and the forecasts aren't that flash. The Welsh still see their strength as ball handlers so they're not going to want to play in a swamp regardless of how the Wallabies are perceived to perform on wet...

North plays LW. Whether he's recovered from injury to start this week is another matter.

Like last year, it's about the Welsh generating income.

Eddie is certainly Welsh and usually a decent writer, even if (a) he often seems to have taken to his computer with a couple of bottles of red for company, and (b) he finds it hard to be objective when either writing about the team he played for or commentating on their games. The seeds of the...

I thought Waldrom was their best forward too. Not that he had a lot of competition. They really have a problem with 8s. Easter is a great club player but nothing more. Waldrom makes the absolute most of what he has but is never better than workmanlike. Morgan has the potential to be dynamic...

Who? Morgan or Waldrom?

I wouldn't call Morgan slow. Overweight and unfit is closer to the mark. He can be quick and powerful for half a game, or at least that was his story last season. Word is that Lancaster told him to improve his fitness before he'd be selected again. We shall see. Waldrom can do his shtick, such...

I have the same doubts about Slipper.

My adopted mob were terrible against Tonga - gli Azzurri of old, lots of kicking and most of it poor, clumsy and hopeless behind the pack. Tonga came out of the match with more pluses. Brunel's mantra has been to improve their running game and there were better signs last week. Their default...

It also helped that Danny Care was AWOL from the sweeper role, a couple of scrambling efforts aside. Still, credit to B&B for spotting it.

3. Hooper 2. Barnes 1. Palu

The extended TMO powers aren't in operation for these internationals. They're being trialled in the Aviva with mixed reactions.

You can be cited without a card. Thought it was worth at least a yellow if he'd been identified.

The only bit of brilliance on the day. Ford's goal kicking, always problematic, needs as much work as ever. Saints shouldn't have been within cooee but they end up with a losing bonus point.

Ford's looking pretty average in general but then no one is covering themselves in glory. Merficully free of what has become the usual Saints-Tigers biffo though.

London Irish -v- Quins was entertaining stuff. Irish look 70% better with a decent 10 like Humphreys running the show. Saw them earlier in the season and they were shambolic behind the scrum. Quins' standards have slipped recently which will worry O'Shea. Their late try to win was lucky in the...

Yep. They can both be fine players behind a pack going forward. Youngs struggles on the back foot. The AIs are going to be very interesting.