ALTHOUGH still regarded by many as pretty much the poor relation in terms of the VW Group, Seat has been one of the slow burning improvers across Europe in numbers of cars sold and the brand is slowly building the sort of popularity which can only bode well for its future.

ALTHOUGH he hasn’t played a game in more than a month and may not line out for Harlequins on Saturday, Keith Wood has been included in the Irish squad of 22 from which the team to play Australia in the permanent tsb international at Lansdowne Road on Saturday week will be chosen.