Thanks guys for your welcome. It will be good to catch up with some old 'friends' from other boards and exchange views. Looking forward to the 6 nations tournament this year, I think it could be tight and it may depend on who plays at home 3 times as opposed to who has to play away 3 times. Wales have been rocked by a number of injuries and that may be their downfall, Ireland will miss Cullen and O'Driscoll (who wouldn't miss BOD ) and the French with a new coaching set up are an unknown quantity. Scotland may well be the surprise package if they can steer clear of injuries, with England also having a lot to prove after their world cup fiasco. Italy will miss Mallet's influence ( he did a great job there ) but are capable of running teams close, especially at home. Looking forward to seeing how Jake does in his first S15 season, I know he has changed many things at the Brumbies (all for the good) he has a good team around him for sure, but it may be next season when they actually move forward big time.
Hope you guys in SA get behind your new coach, I have a feeling that if he chances his arm and brings in some fantastic young up and coming talent at his disposal, he may well get off to a perfect start.