1.   The ACT, a team comprised largely of rejects from New South Wales and Queensland, continued to be the surprise packet of the Southern Hemisphere tournament.

2.   And four of the seven goals came in a crucial home encounter with Senegal that determined which of the seeded countries joined surprise packets Liberia in the finals.

3.   But the limitations of the Warriors were exposed in the parallel World Cup qualifying programme as they finished a distant fourth behind surprise packets Senegal, Morocco and Egypt.

4.   JS Kabylie of Algeria, the other former champions in contention, meet Petro Atletico of Angola while surprise packets Jaraaf of Senegal face CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.

5.   Mighty Zambia now face surprise packets Gabon or Tunisia, who clash on Sunday, in the semi-finals in Durban on Wednesday afternoon.

6.   Paul Forber was a Saint turned sinner as surprise packet Salford missed out on the chance of taking over at the top of the Super League.

7.   The Croatian, who won four titles over six weeks in the spring, will take on unseeded Dutch surprise packet Jan Siemerink.

8.   The final tie looks like one-way traffic as Argentina prepares its clay-courts to take on surprise packets Croatia.