The 30-year-old's car was fitted with a new front wing, diffuser, engine cover and exhausts.

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Wales wing Shane Williams also offers cover in the position, but a lengthy stay at number nine is unlikely to find favour with player, country or region.

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Sale continued to push for a score and Hodgson's cover-tackle halted wing Will Addison's break up the right.

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Emerick, 26, who specialises at centre but can cover full-back and wing, scored the late try that sealed the Dragons' 24-15 Heineken Cup play-off defeat by Overmach Parma on 2 June.

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The versatile Sale player can cover full-back, wing and outside centre, and if used as a replacement, could provide more of a cutting edge to a back division that has struggled to create chances.

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Wing Commander Andrew Brookes, a defence analyst, said such air cover must be relied on unless more troops were deployed on the ground.

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Louise Rickard, with 110 caps behind her at wing and full-back, is on the bench as second row cover while uncapped number eight Vici Owens and centre Adi Taviner make their first appearance on the bench.

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The R29 incorporates the wide nose and narrow rear wing seen in other 2009 cars, and carries over last season's shark-fin engine cover.

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Huxley is the most likely choice to take over at full-back to cover the injured Chris Latham, while Turner and Ioane are battling for Tuqiri's wing spot.

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