51.   Sri Lanka come into this match on the back of nine successive Test wins, albeit eight of those were at home and the other in Pakistan.

52.   Southampton notched their fifth successive win, thanks to Channel Islands magician Matthew Le Tissier.

53.   The Bulldogs outscored the Sharks eight tries to four to post their seventh successive win after losing on the opening weekend of the season.

54.   The Magpies continue to defy their long odds with successive wins against Blackburn, Ipswich, Leeds, Arsenal and Middlesbrough propelling them to the summit.