FORMER world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt will aim to help favourites Australia secure an early stranglehold on their Asia-Oceania group playoff against Thailand in Townsville
BRUMBIES lock Adam Wallace-Harrison will leave the club at the end of the Super 14 season to take up a lucrative two-year deal with the Kobe club in Japan
DESTRUCTIVE forward Hugh McMeniman has suffered a setback in his recovery from a broken ankle and will miss Queensland`s Super 14 grudge match with the Western Force
Tryst ...Perry`s between-the-sheets scandal is expected to add plenty of spice to the traditional "softening-up period".