He has got the talent and I've a feeling he might have the will."In all, the Tour features 45 tournaments spread across 21 countries. Padraig Harrington will not finish as runner-up in all those events but he will be trying to improve on last season's ratio of one win to seven seconds. The Irishman, who has gained in consistency over the last few years, will now be looking to be a contender in the majors.But if there is a European who will dominate on the world stage this year it will be Sergio Garcia. Already off to a brilliant start by winning the Mercedes Championship last Sunday, he needs to perform in the majors and World Golf Championship events to have any chance of a transatlantic money list double.This year's major venues will not be so familiar with the Open returning to Muirfield after a gap of 10 years and 11 years having elapsed since Hazeltine, scene of the USPGA, last hosted a major. The US Open will be played for the first time at Bethpage in New York, while even Augusta will be unfamiliar following the massive revamp of the course for this year's Masters.No European has won a major since Paul Lawrie triumphed at Carnoustie in 1999. Lawrie was honoured by the Queen for his achievement, as had all the other British winners of the Open apart from Max Faulkner, who won at Royal Portrush in 1951.

That glaring omission was finally corrected in the latest New Year's Honours, when Faulkner was awarded an OBE at the age of 85.. Allan McNish clocked the fifth-fastest time on a rain-hit day in Barcelona as Toyota announced their arrival in the Formula One paddock. Britain's Anthony Davidson comfortably out-paced his more experienced BAR team-mate Olivier Panis – in the 2002 car – to record the fourth fastest time of the day.Kimi Raikkonen got his first taste of a McLaren-Mercedes and in his only dry lap of the day was over seven seconds off the pace. Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli marked Renault's return as a constructor with the 15th and 12th fastest times respectively, although the Englishman was unable to hit the track before the rain fell.Luciano Burti, Ferrari's new test driver, got behind the wheel of an F1 car for the first time since suffering head injuries in an accident at the Belgian Grand Prix last year, and was delighted after registering the ninth fastest time."It was a great feeling driving again after what happened last year," he said, adding, "and it is fantastic to be part of a team like Ferrari, driving a world championship winning car, the F2001.". Danny Orr is likely to be the youngest captain in Super League next season after being appointed to the role at Castleford.

"I gave the captaincy a lot of thought and had four players in contention, but Danny was the one I felt to be the right choice," said the Castleford coach, Graham Steadman."I gave Danny himself the chance to consider the role and he came back to me and said he was very keen. I believe that captaining the side will bring the best out of Danny."Dale Fritz has becomes vice-captain, with Dean Sampson continuing as club captain.Hull have also made an appointment – in their case the obvious one – by naming Jason Smith as their new skipper. Smith takes over from fellow Australian, Tony Grimaldi, who has gone home to resume his career at the Canterbury club.Smith, Hull's outstanding player last year, will captain them for the first time in Sunday's meeting with Wakefield in the memorial game for their late chairman, Roy Waudby. Two new Australians, Craig Greenhill and Sean Ryan, are expected to make their Hull debuts.Leon Felton will make his first appearance for Warrington against his previous club, St Helens, in their friendly at Wilderspool tonight. Zimbabwe-born Felton back made a handful of appearances for Saints last season but was not retained.Hull Kingston Rovers have called for an apology from Leigh after claiming that the Leigh coach, Paul Terzis, incited the club's angry fans after their Northern Ford Premiership match on Sunday was abandoned in the second half because of a floodlight failure."He was stirring them up and we had to call the police in," said Rovers' chairman, Don Robinson.The Rugby League and Barla are to meet tonight to try to thrash out a solution to the impasse over youth rugby.

Barla, which administers the amateur side of the game, is opposed to a new scheme under which professional clubs will be responsible for running teams at under 17 level."The RFL took unilateral action which threatens the partnership we have been working towards," said Barla's chief executive, Ian Cooper. "We fear that there would be too many young players who would subsequently not be offered full contracts and would be lost to the game, but we hope that we can reach an agreement that will safeguard the grassroots.". Ireland's new management team have called three new faces into a 43-man training squad to prepare for the Six Nations' Championship. Skinstad suffered the injury in November against England, but was only operated on yesterday in Cape Town. The Stormers coach, Gert Smal, will be without his No 8 for the first four games of the Super 12 competition.