Well this weekend there's a couple of rugby tests to watch on the tube - thank heavens!

Tomorrow at 5.30pm (Oz EST) the All Blacks take on the Poms at the 'House of Pain' in Dunedin. The English have a different team from the one that took out the World Cup last year - no Martin J, no Wilko.. but their Captain, Lawrence Dallaglio is apparently quietly confident that they'll whack the Kiwis. I hope the All Blacks thump them!! Get up, get in their faces, and wipe them :)

On Sunday 4pm (Oz real time again) the Wallabies take on the Scots down at Melbourne's Telstra Dome. I have to admit, I like Melbourne, but that pitch is oval shaped for AFL etc... doesn't make for particularly special viewing in real life IMO. Suncorp stadium in Brisbane is far better. Anyway, I digress. Rathbone and Samo are making their test debuts and are in the starting side - congratz guys! I'm looking forward to seeing what Mat Giteau and Rathbone can do - a formidable combo :) Elton Flatley and Stirling Mortlock - both out with injuries will have to watch from the sideline. Meanwhile, the Scots' flyhalf (no.10) is Dan Parks, former Sydney boy. hmmmm...

Anyway, I'm tipping the Kiwis, and the Aussies - lets get back to southern hemisphere dominance :))

Cheers!