They include current Test stars James Hook and Lee Byrne who are joining Perpignan and Clermont Ferrand respectively.

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Tendulkar continued to refuse the hook shot in his slowest Test half century for 10 years.

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On top of all this they were able, in a different sort of test, to bend a piece of wire into a hook to retrieve a bucket containing a waxworm.

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So Hook could be favourite for the number 15 shirt for Wales' autumn Test opener with the Wallabies on 6 November - when he will win his 44th cap - before the world champions South Africa, Fiji and the All Blacks visit the Millennium Stadium.

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