OTHER BUSINESS

-DRAGONS captain Tom Willis picks a trio of his teammates in a side made up of the best he’s played with or against. The lucky trio? Aled Brew, Luke Charteris and Dan Lydiate. And they’re in good company because they line up alongside a certain pair named Dan Carter and Richie McCaw.

-WHAT a fantastic win by Lewis Hamilton at the Chinese Grand Prix in another weekend highlight. Passing the red hot Sebastian Vettel with typical flamboyance - a triumph of tactics and racing brilliance.

-QUOTE of the week: A top national writer on the way Arsenal has fallen into foreign hands: ‘Who now can stand against the accelerating descent of the people’s game into a cesspit of foul-mouthed rage, craven cheating, grasping commercialism and vulgar celebrity?’

-ODDBALLS: What on earth are the Ospreys playing at? They prefer Dan Biggar to James Hook at outside half when Hook is clearly the most talented player in Wales, almost snatching the game against the Dragons out of the fire - when he moved to 10. Now he’s heading for France.

And they ditch Mike Phillips who has done it all, helped to see off the mighty Springboks on their own territory yet Scott Johnson says he didn’t play at Rodney Parade ‘after all that’s happened and coming to a hostile environment like this.’ (Rodney Parade). He’s having a laugh isn’t he?

-TO end on a high note, congratulations are in order for Tony Pulis, Stoke City’s manager from Newport who has guided his team into the FA Cup final, the first Welsh manager to do so.