I went for an 06 Reba TEAM in the end, got a better write up than equivilant FOX in this months Magazine - said with Sram in charge the quaility is greatly improved - light(3.4 lbs) stiff & reliable !
I will see how it goes, I have a hardtail that has a terrible fork on it that I will upgrade - if the Reba doesn't work out I can put it on that... if you don't try you don't know right - at the end of day I am going from sh*t fork to pretty good and just starting out with XC/endurance racing, so I can improve on my components choice and set up as I improve and gain experience and what works for me.
Reba was also cheaper & got a great deal - which helped me decide also.
Thanks for the helpfull feedback.