There were sentiments that the lack of coverage may be a blessing because it would allow a first run-through, away from critical, unempathetic eyes.
But Matt Giteau echoed his Toulon team-mate Habana's sentiments that the reigning European champions will need to up their game in next month's Twickenham showdown against Clermont Auvergne.
It was "Gladiator," with actors dodging hand-held cameras while trying to place themselves in the most flattering light in which to deliver the soulful, suffering sentiments that the show specialized in.
Still, Clay Johnson, a Yale classmate of George W.'s, who is now an assistant to the President, said, "The sentiments that the President had about Yale that were less than positive had everything to do with Yale's relations with his dad".
The crowd that belted out Onward Christian Soldiers – a hymn so provocative in its sentiments that the Anglican church doesn't use it any more, and the vicar felt obliged to excuse anyone who couldn't stomach its militaristic message from singing – was studded with faces familiar from the telly.
The land Mr. Tobin had set his sights on became the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, which for 45 years has stood as a reminder to politicians of the powerful "not in my backyard" sentiments that the roar of jet engines can stir.
