The Skolars Paul Thorman works his socks off and is to be applauded for his efforts in forgingfurther links with the Quins and the HAC.This has led to not only the Capital Challenge being in the City for the last few years, but also to the Quins running the Team Cup for the City Slickers banking types this Summer and hopefully a Corporate knock on effect for us and the Skolars .It only takes one of these big fishes to take the bait and life ,buisiness wise, could become suddenly very rosey for us at the Stoop.

The main catalyst for our traditional mid-summer slump is usually a sequence of injuries to key players. I fail to see how a tougher schedule of pre-season matches could lead to better results several months into the season after we've already produced a string of early season SL wins. A different training regime maybe? But not additional matches against better teams. A lot of people think we play too many matches as it is without effectively lengthening the season by starting earlier with extra games against top rank sides.

Prepare us for the physicality. What about the theory injuries came about due to lack of fitness...?