And they certainly make for a nice marketing hook in today's increasingly cluttered landscape.

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James Hook will make a shock appearance against South Africa but Shane Williams will miss all three matches.

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There will probably be accusations of some sort of mismanagement used as a hook to make claims about the board of directors being asleep at the switch.

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He compares this to a battery-powered light, in which you hook up the wires and electrons flow to make a light bulb turn on.

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It was a big let-off for Gloucester and they soon had two more as the Ospreys failed to make the most of their early dominance, with Hook missing with a drop-goal and a penalty.

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Fly-half Hook landed the subsequent conversion and added a penalty to make it 16-8.

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