Ins and Outs
Jeremy Paul will not be touring with the Wallabies to Europe come November. Suffering from a bulging disc in his neck, Paul will enjoy an extended off season meaning that he should be right to play for the ACT Brumbies come Super 14 2006. The Tahs have hinted that their hookers Adam Freier and Tatafu Polota-Nau will be on the European tour with the Wallabies - how do we know this you ask? Ewen McKenzie hasn't named either of them to tour with the Waratahs next month to Bahrain and eastern Europe.
Over in the shaky isles, the race is on to sign up Troy Flavell when he returns to NZ following the end of his contract with Japanese club Toyota. Apparently three Kiwi Super 14 teams - the Blues, the Crusaders and the Hurricanes are very interested in getting their mitts on Flavell. There's no mention of the Highlanders chasing him, but Graham Henry is keen on getting him back for the AB's 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign. Flavell must be a happy lad at the present :)
In other news, Fiji's winger Vilimoni Delasau - who plays for the Crusaders, has been banned for 12 months by the Fiji Rugby Union following a drug test after the Fiji/NZ test in June. According to this report, Delasau "produced a sample which tested positive for a metabolite of cannabis". Being a non-scientific type I looked up 'metabolite' - just out of curiosity, in case I have been missing something.. "In drug use, the term usually refers to the end product that remains after metabolism" (digestion). Guess that means he was busted! Silly boy!
The APC controversy continues to go on in NSW.... I guess that if the NSW powers don't kick up a stink now then it will be very difficult to complain later. I hope the ARU just expands the comp from word 'go'.
Over in the shaky isles, the race is on to sign up Troy Flavell when he returns to NZ following the end of his contract with Japanese club Toyota. Apparently three Kiwi Super 14 teams - the Blues, the Crusaders and the Hurricanes are very interested in getting their mitts on Flavell. There's no mention of the Highlanders chasing him, but Graham Henry is keen on getting him back for the AB's 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign. Flavell must be a happy lad at the present :)
In other news, Fiji's winger Vilimoni Delasau - who plays for the Crusaders, has been banned for 12 months by the Fiji Rugby Union following a drug test after the Fiji/NZ test in June. According to this report, Delasau "produced a sample which tested positive for a metabolite of cannabis". Being a non-scientific type I looked up 'metabolite' - just out of curiosity, in case I have been missing something.. "In drug use, the term usually refers to the end product that remains after metabolism" (digestion). Guess that means he was busted! Silly boy!
The APC controversy continues to go on in NSW.... I guess that if the NSW powers don't kick up a stink now then it will be very difficult to complain later. I hope the ARU just expands the comp from word 'go'.
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