However, there are interesting sporting events before then and we will have the cricket and tennis as well as numerous back up games to keep us busy. And it is warm and very uncomfortable where I live and I have to go into the pool five or 6 times a day to cool down. Am lucky my pool is less than 15 meters away from where I am sitting now.
Now lets get back to rugby - the pre-season games will start in three weeks time and probably the most interesting one will be the Saracens - Sharks game on 25 January 2014 in London. Will not be an ideal test of strength in this case. Most of the Sharks players have been out of rugby for more than 3 months and is unlikely to be match fit We also know t hat these pre-seasons games are used to test combinations and I think the outcome will be tight.
And during the same time we will see the establishment of the fantasy selection games for the 2014 Super Rugby Series and get an idea of the pricing of players for the next season. That one will present a headache - because the bankers of the 2013 season will all be priced high and we will have to find new ones for this season - or enough cheap players to off-set that one.
However, what makes the coming Super 15 series more interesting is to see who puts up their hand for selection - not only for this year - but also for the future and especially the 2015 WC.
