When I interviewed him earlier this season he told me he thought his own long injury lay-off had probably left him too far behind his rivals in the battle for forwards shirts.
Nadal, the six-time grand slam winner and reigning Australian Open champion, has been coming off a two-month lay-off due to knee tendinitis, a break that kept him from defending his 2008 Wimbledon crown.
Joe DeSantis said Gingrich's decision to layoff staff and replace his campaign manager was a reorganization that would enable him to fight on to the Republican National Convention in the summer and win the nomination there.
Glasgow skipper Al Kellock has recently returned from a long injury lay-off and played for Scotland A on Friday but the Samoa game may come too soon for him.