IT’S NOT just the GAA that has a problem with losing players to Aussie Rules. Seems almost sacrilegious to say so, but in the land of the long white cloud, where rugby is king and Australia the eternal enemy, the ‘other’ oval ball game has also made an impact, to such an extent that Nick Evans, starting out-half for the All-Blacks against Portugal in Lyon today, came within a bounce of a ball (metaphorically speaking) of crossing the divide.

AFTER spending Monday being kept out of the limelight by anxious Lions press handlers, Gavin Henson was once more the centre of media attention in Invercargill last night.