sick list

When Paul first saw the original sick list it contained household names like former Man About The House sitcom star Paula Wilcox and actresses Ann Holloway and Nastasha Pyne, who starred in the 1970's comedy series Father, Dear Father.

Matty Collins, Michael Love and Terry Angus are all struggling to overcome injuries and with Micky Brown, Darren Collins, Mark Clifford, Darren Acton and Brian McGorry also on the sick list, manager Alan Lewer faces a selection crisis.

The Sick List was compiled by ranking health authorities on the performance on six key indicators.

Halfpenny joins fellow Lions Adam Jones and Gethin Jenkins on the sick list, with centres Tom Shanklin, Andrew Bishop and Blues suspended scrum-half Richie Rees unavailable.

After a break back home in New Zealand, Gatland will return to work this week to find 15 players on his sick list.

Loose-head Phil John steps into the breach at tight-head prop, with Kees Meeuws (calf) having joined Deacon Manu (fractured cheekbone) on the sick list.

The "sick list" showed 496 officers from Merseyside were on "restrictive or recuperative duties", meaning they were recovering from long-term sickness or injury and being eased back into day-to-day duties.

Come On Jonny's return to the racecourse this year was delayed until last month because he had been on the sick list with stomach ulcers.

The omens were not good when scrum-half Toby Handley and on-loan flanker Hese Fakatou cried off in the morning to join young centre Alex Grove on the sick list.

Hefin o'hare, pictured, is emerging as the most likely member of the Giants' sick list to be included in the squad for Saturday's trip to Salford (6.05).

Meanwhile, Spurs' Sean Davis will be out for up to three months after surgery on his persistent knee injury and is therefore added to the Spurs sick list before tomorrow's match.

When Paul saw the original sick list it contained a string of household names.

Basically, anyone that made it to the room and up to the desk was promptly struck off the sick list.

We can't miss this chance to thank them.'' Also on the sick list last week were Juve's Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, defender Alessandro Birindelli, midfielder Gianluca Zambrotta, striker Marcelo Salas, striker David Trezeguet, defender Ciro Ferrara and midfielder Alessio Tacchinardi.

The so-called Sick List is based on death rates from cancer and heart disease, hospital waiting lists, hip operations and deaths from "avoidable" diseases such as TB and asthma.