31.   The training squad included four players who were not on the roster.

32.   For holders England, qualifying for the final play-offs should be a formality -- even their weakened squad includes three world top-ten players.

33.   Champions Bath will be particularly affected by any restriction for their current squad includes three Scottish international forwards and an Irish wing.

34.   Drpic says the squad includes people of mixed origin, some Serbs and some Moslems.

35.   The squad includes Patrick Mboma, the Parma player currently on loan at English Premiership side Sunderland, who has been suffering from an Achilles tendon injury.

36.   The squad also includes fast bowlers, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram although cricket officials said Wasim would not be available for the competition.

37.   The squad includes three former captains alongside current captain Philippe Saint-Andre but there is no on-field motivator.

38.   The squad includes two New Zealand-born players in centres Sean McCahill, brother of former All Black Bernie whose parents are Irish, and Kurt McQuilkin.

39.   The squad also includes fast bowlers, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram even though cricket officials said Saturday that Wasim would not be available for the competition.

40.   Their squad includes nine new caps and, in Salford winger Phil Ford, at least one man unlikely to play at all after a knee operation.