| Worsley recalled for Calcutta Cup England make just two changes to the starting XV for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match against Scotland at Murrayfield, with Joe Worsley and Louis Deacon coming into the side. |
| Williams leads Wales as Jones out Martyn Williams is to be honoured with the Wales captaincy when he breaks Colin Charvis' Welsh Test forward cap record in Ireland. |
| De Luca wins Scots starting place Scotland make one change for the Six Nations visit of England, with Nick De Luca coming in for Simon Danielli. |
| Ireland unchanged for Wales game Geordan Murphy retains his place in the Ireland team for Saturday's clash against Wales as Declan Kidney announces an unchanged starting side. |
| Boks look overseas for Wales Test South Africa will field a team minus a host of home-based players when they face Wales in Cardiff in June. |
| Quartet pen new Falcons contracts Newcastle Falcons hand new deals to Rob Vickers, Alex Tait, Micky Ward and Chris Pilgrim. |
| Haskell regrets England-Stade row Flanker James Haskell comes down on the side of England in the club-versus-country row that has broken out between England and his team Stade Francais. |
| Two Italian teams to join Magners The Magners League is to be expanded to a 12-team competition from the start of next season as two Italian clubs will join. |
| Injured Michalak set for year out France 's Frederic Michalak will have surgery on Wednesday after suffering a knee injury which will keep him out for a year. |
| Phillips signs new Ospreys deal Wales and Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips signs a new four-year deal with the Ospreys. |
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