St Kilda have named an extended squad for Friday's NAB Cup clashes with Geelong and Sydney and new coach Scott Watters plans to expose as many of the players chosen as possible.
This is without doubt the game of the weekend. Second v third, the two form teams of the competition with all their big guns in form.
Injured Australian all-rounder Mitch Marsh feels he may have to limit his bowling load when he returns from a back injury expected to rule him out for the next six months.
Manly stars Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans insist there is no curse attached to being 'the face' of the game after officially opening the 2012 season at the NRL's new headquarters in Sydney on Wednesday night.
Western Force coach Richard Graham wants his side to put their poor pre-season form behind them ahead of Friday's Super Rugby season opener against the ACT Brumbies in Canberra.
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga eased past Nicolas Mahut at the Open 13 in Marseille on Wednesday, making his way into the quarter-finals.
Phil Mickelson is back in the world's top 10 after narrowly missing out on a second successive victory at the Northern Trust Open on Sunday.
World champion Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest time during pre-season testing in Barcelona on Tuesday.
Champion sprinter Black Caviar will be rested for up to two months as trainer Peter Moody aims to have her cherry ripe for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.
