Who's hot…and who's not!

It's time for Planet Rugby's weekly wrap up of who's setting the benchmarks at the moment … and who should be dropped to the bench!

Time for Planet Rugby's wrap up of who is going about setting the benchmarks … and who should be dropped down to the bench!

They're on fire!

George North: As the Welsh lose one of their greatest ever wings in Shane Williams, they seem to have uncovered one with similar potential. The 19-year-old was a constant thorn in the side of Ireland last week and proved a key factor in why the spoils went the way of the side wearing red.

Amy Huberman: Friday saw a headline pop up on our news wire that was one of those, 'I don't want to click on you but I'm so tempted to read on' sort of stories. The teaser, from Belfast Telegraph, read 'Brian O'Driscoll's wife Amy Huberman to attend Wales game'. So for those who have not yet checked out the wife of BOD, here she is (pictured). She was watching with O'Driscoll in the Aviva Stadium stands for the first time in an international game. Bad omen?

New Zealand Sevens: Victory on home soil saw Gordon Tietjens' men move three points clear at the top of the HSBC World Sevens standings ahead of the fifth leg in Las Vegas this weekend. They were made to battle hard for a final spot mind you after pipping England in sudden-death, but the final was all New Zealand as they shot out of the blocks to a 24-0 to ultimately win 24-7, thus sending their well-dressed fans well-and-truly into party mode.

Julien Malzieu: Why he was not in their World Cup squad will forever remain a mystery in French quarters. Malzieu has been doing the business for Clermont for years and when he was blooded in the international Sevens team, he again showed his strengths with ball in hand. Philippe Saint-Andre is obviously a supporter of the wing and Malzieu has already starting to repay his new boss' faith in him by scoring probably one of the tries of 2012.

Sonny Bill Williams: Planet Rugby staff were huddled around a computer screen yesterday morning to watch the big fight in Hamilton. But barely had they had a chance to pull up a chair, it was all over when Clarence Tillman III became Sonny Bill's fifth victim in the boxing ring. It took just under three minutes for the centre to witness referee Lance Revill calling an end to proceedings. Liam Messam, Tana Umaga, Wayne Smith and Frank Bunce were just some of those there to support the All Black star, who must now recover quickly ahead of going back to training at his new outfit this coming Monday. Congratulations Sonny.

England Women: Katy McLean and her team-mates picked up where they left off in the 2011 Six Nations as they began their title defence with an impressive nine-try 47-0 defeat of Scotland. Tries came from Marlie Packer, Michaela Staniford (2), Rowena Burnfield, Katherine Merchant (2), Natasha Hunt, Emily Scarratt and Isabelle Noel-Smith as the English backed up their impressive pre-Championship showings against New Zealand.

Someone turn on the heater…!

Bradley Davies: Davies will miss the rest of the Six Nations after being banned for seven weeks for his tip tackle on Donnacha Ryan in which he lifted the Ireland lock beyond a horizontal position and did not bring him back to the ground safely. The lock received a yellow card after the incident but on Wednesday an independent Six Nations Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of an offence at the top end of entry to the sanction table.

Rebels & Stormers: It was a bad pre-season start for the Melbourne franchise as they suffered an embarrassing 0-36 loss to the Chiefs. The Chiefs, who raced into a 17-0 lead at the end of the second of four quarters, scored six tries to nil. Meanwhile it wasn't much better for the Cape Town outfit who lost at home to the Cheetahs. Their only try came from Deon Fourie as it becomes a worry how much they'll miss Francois Louw and Jaque Fourie.

Scotland: Andy Robinson's side dropped below Tonga and Samoa following their home defeat to England on Saturday in a fall that sees them drop out of global rugby's top ten nations. The drop to eleventh equals the lowest position they've ever occupied since the IRB World Rankings were introduced in October 2003 and is the first time they have fallen outside the top 10 since the build up to RWC 2007. They need to bounce back in Wales.

Dan Parks: It is a real shame that Parks has decided to call time on his international career after just one game in Six Nations 2012. His record for Scotland was largely impressive – especially during 2010 when he steered the side to a historic Test series triumph in Argentina and memorable triumphs against Ireland and South Africa – and we hope supporters remember those rather than his trying days at the office. An unfortunate end.

PR staff: (See Huberman) For taking ten minutes out of our busy day to Google a few images of Mrs Huberman. It was a general 'now back to work guys' moment.

By Adam Kyriacou