and yet just qualifying for the Games might be harder than most people might think. Given qualifications will take place in the 2014 season, it means qualification is just 12 months away. Does anyone else feel like something just isn’t right here?

Over the last few years I have become increasingly aware of the rise of two things. The first being the rise of 7s only players, normally younger players who are less interested in committing 10 months of their lives every year to the sport and actually enjoy playing with the sun on their back for most of a tournament, especially given the rise of ‘sports’ festivals which promise huge social occasions as part of the experience. The second was more concerning and that was the rise ofor less mixed with water which impacts upon the bow is deflected to flow downwardly along the bow wall thereby causing at least a major portion of the oil through the bow opening into the well. Water which may also flow into the well is discharged through hull openings below the water level.
Skimmer vessels of this type have been found highly efficient in calm water. However, extensive tests have shown that in rough water the resulting pitching of the vessel may cause oil and water to splash forward with some violence, causing the breaking up of the oil slick and water into a cloud of drops. Such a cloud is difficult to remove because the violence of the splash mixes much of oil with water, forming at times