WHAT’S HOT WHAT’S NOT

HOT WAYNE ROONEY

IT WAS always likely Rooney would put everything into life at Washington’s DC United and he has now scored 10 goals in 17 MLS matches. But Rooney’s form tells us much about the poor standard of the league. Football in the States has not improved greatly and remains the perfect place for any European player looking to end a career feeling good about himself.

SHAUN WANE

THE rugby union autumn internationals are almost here and soon Scotland will have a new defence coach. Wane will arrive from rugby league, where his belligerent Wigan have just won their third Super League title in six years. Wigan only conceded eight tries in their final 10 games in what remains a relatively free-scoring sport. Looks like Scotland have chosen the right man.

EDDIE PEPPERELL

IT was excellent to see a young British talent win a great British tournament on a great British golf course and it clearly meant the world to Pepperell to triumph at the British Masters. He has thrived on the fringes and it will be fascinating to see how he copes now he has proved he is just as good as the rest.

NOT FREDDIE BURNS

THE Bath fly-half endured a horror moment when the ball was knocked from his hand as he prepared to celebrate what would have been a winning try against Toulouse. But frankly we have seen many get away with much greater extravagance. Credit instead should go to Toulouse winger Maxime Medard, who refused to give up and prevented the score.

WEMBLEY

THE real scandals of our national stadium are how much it cost to build (just shy of £1billion), where it is (the middle of nowhere) and what it is used for (everything possible in a bid to get some kind of value for money). The fact Shahid Khan (above) has not bought it is less important than any of the above.

USAIN BOLT

THERE has long been suspicion about drug-testing policies in Jamaican athletics, so to hear Bolt complaining about being asked to take one during his trial spell in the Australian A-League is not a good look. Olympic sprint legend Bolt has never failed a drugs test in his life and that is all the more reason to carry on rolling up his sleeve whenever asked.