James O'Connor celebrated his 100th Super game in the Queensland Reds opening Super Rugby Pacific encounter against the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium.
While unquestionably Ireland's greatest head coach in the professional era, Joe Schmidt's coaching style was as famous for its rigid authoritarianism as it was for the results it produced on the pitch.
If anyone has wondered what 41-year-old former French international Sebastien Chabal is doing these days, they would have been surprised to see him appear on their television screens at the Hong Kong Sevens on Friday.