I've made it far more compact. Reduced the size of the header, surrounded it with less space etc... Also added an onhover color change to make it more obvious that it is interactive.
Preview... no. That would require a lot more work.

Added a very quick review to the main page. Also made the articles collapsible. What say you all? Better?

Still displays a bit funny, takes up a quite lot of space for only showing the topic, can a preview be shown in the same space...

Added a very quick review to the main page. Also made the articles collapsible. What say you all? Better?

well i knew jarvis was not in the squad but starting noc, ?
Also with our best back starting (not the bench tho, mccrea should be on it ) why is murphy starting. I would love if some one had a stop watch and timed how long it takes him to get the ball out and spread it to our backs. Pod should come in soon. With nearly all the team starting apart from george, we should be more direct.
Only 2players i fear from them lualua and the boot off parks

I have to agree with UMMM on this one, in my opinion Jarvis has merited a starting berth with Nikora or NOC covering from the bench, I would prefer Nikora to have more game time with a lower division team to prove his fitness before throwing him into an important RABO Direct fixture which is a must win for us !!!
I hope he proves me wrong,but it is a gamble.

Good enough, but think NOC is lucky to be in the squad let alone starting, would have much preferred Jarvis starting and Miah as replacement.

Great to see George back!

Not unduly preturbed by NO'C, he was fine against Leinster. Te pack faded badly second half there was nothing much the backs could do with back foot or no ball.

At least Super Ray is starting at 8, much better hands and quicker off the back of the scrum than Mul...

Strong starting XV so they need to go well, and decent bench options too to keep the pressure on them...

From RaboDirect

The Blues welcome back Dan Parks and Taufa'ao Filise from the Rugby World Cup and there is also a welcome return for John Yapp who has recovered from his calf injury to make his first start of the season.

The front row is also boosted by the return of T Rhys Thomas who has recovered from his knee operation.

Cardiff Blues

15 Chris Czekaj 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Casey Laulala 12 Dafydd Hewitt 11 Tom James 10 Dan Parks 9 Richie Rees

8 Xavier Rush 7 Josh Navidi 6 Maama Molitika 5 Paul Tito 4 Michael Paterson 3 Taufaao Filise 2 T Rhys Thomas

1 John Yapp

16 Ryan Tyrrell 17 Sam Hobbs 18 Scott Andrews 19 Deiniol Jones 20 Ellis Jenkins 21 Lewis Jones 22 Ceri Sweeney 23 Gavin Evans

Good enough, but think NOC is lucky to be in the squad let alone starting, would have much preferred Jarvis starting and Miah as replacement.

Great to see George back!

15 Gavin Duffy ©
14 Fetu’u Vainikolo
13 Eoin Griffin
12 Henry Fa’afili
11 Tiernan O’Halloran
10 Niall O’Connor
09 Frank Murphy
01 Brett Wilkinson
02 Adrian Flavin
03 Rodney Ah You
04 Michael Swift
05 Mike McCarthy
06 John Muldoon
07 Johnny O’Connor
08 Ray Ofisa

16 Ethienne Reynecke
17 Ronan Loughney
18 Dylan Rogers
19 Dave Gannon
20 George Naoupu
21 Paul O’Donohoe
22 Miah Nikora
23 Brian Tuohy

Henson out according to an article on BBC site today.... This game is very, very winable

It'd be more winnable with him in to be honest.....

Henson out according to an article on BBC site today.... This game is very, very winable

Funk, I'm not sure but has the side been named yet?  I've only seen the extended squad named and Swift4prez came up with his own from it.  While I agree that Jarvis has it over NOC at the moment, my guess is EE will start NOC due to his having slightly more experience than Jarvis and if Nikora is able to go he will be on the bench.  That would likely leave Jarvis out completely(which would be harsh) unless, as S_P said, he is named to the bench as fullback cover, but if Duffy is 100% it is more likely Tuohy will be on the bench.

Mackenzie with the Advertiser usually has an inside track on the team to be named has unfortunately neglected to say who will be starting at outhalf saying only that if Nikora is fully fit he will be on the bench.  Same goes for George, if he is in the side it will likely be on the bench.  Here is the partial side gleaned from that article:

1 Wilkinson
2
3 Ah You
4 Swift
5 McCarthy
6 Muldoon
7 JOC
8 Ofisa
9
10
11
12 Fa'afili
13 Griffin
14 Vainikolo
15 Duffy

Will have to trust Elwood with this call, but think its crazy leaving out Jarvis, ok Nikora needs game time, especially before the HC starts, but I thought that Jarvis has been our most influential number 10 so far, giving NO'C credit, he has been sealing some points for us, but I would have gone with Jarvis with Nikora coming off the bench.

I will egg you on from a few meters away

If you want to argue with him... I'll hold your coat.

Fets?!! He's barely landed and he's got a nickname for himself already. Good stuff!

Self annointed, it's on his Twitter profile.

@FetuuVainikolo wrote: Hi I'm Fetuu Vainikolo aka Fets. Ex Nothland, Highlander and Otago. Currently with Connacht Rugby and enjoying life in Ireland.

Who am I to argue with the man....