Snippets from Rugby Heaven for SMH 15/05/07:

...The Waratahs have signed ACT halfback Luke Burgess for two years, while Queensland back-rower Mitchell Chapman has joined the Brumbies....

...NSW are also talking to Wests Tigers league centre Paul Whatuira, while Test five-eighth Stephen Larkham is set to play for Edinburgh after the World Cup....

....The newly formed Melbourne Rebels Australian Rugby Championship team is chasing former All Blacks five-eighth Andrew Mehrtens, Reds back-rower David Croft and Force winger Digby Ioane.....

....A naming rights sponsor for the ARC, understood to be a car manufacturer which will provide $1 million over three years, will be named today.....