An Australian Super Rugby Pacific derby provides a form guide, as Wallabies contenders press their claims for selection to take on the British and Irish Lions later this year.

Mitch Hay struck a career-best 86 to power Canterbury to a six-wicket win over Auckland in the final of the domestic one-day final in Dunedin.

It is why former Redcliffe Dolphins star Chris Close, who was selected for Queensland while playing for the club in 1980, has ultimate faith Woolf will not be spooked by the curse after taking over ...