Wales head coach Warren Gatland has recalled fly-half Sam Costelow in one starting change for the Six Nations trip to face Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

 

Costelow comes in for Scarlets team-mate Ioan Lloyd who drops to the bench.

 

Uncapped Cardiff number eight Mackenzie Martin is in as a replacement with Taine Basham out of the 23-man squad.

 

Wales have lost two Six Nations games while unbeaten Ireland remain on course for a second successive Grand Slam.

Scotland overtaking England in the table following today's matches then! Ireland still very firmly out in the lead though.

Wigan won the World Club Challenge for a record-equalling fifth time by beating Australian champions Penrith Panthers 16-12 at the DW Stadium.

 

Warriors twice led through Abbas Miski and Kruise Leeming but Panthers replied through Nathan Cleary and Dylan Edwards to go in 12-10 ahead at half-time.

 

Two key decisions by referee Liam Moore went Wigan's way after the break.

 

First he ruled that Jake Wardle had touched down to win it, before not giving Taylan May's last-gasp effort.

France drew with Italy yesterday then - meaning that Italy have already beaten their points total from last year!

A last gasp win for England against Ireland there - puts them back in the running a little bit! And Italy getting a win as well :o

But it's Ireland that take the overall win in the end. Congrats to them (I even heard they got a day off work today to celebrate :kink:)

England forwards Lewis Ludlam and Kyle Sinckler will join Toulon for next season, say the French Top 14 club.

 

Bristol prop Sinckler, 31, and Northampton back-rower Ludlam, 28, are both to move across the English Channel on three-year deals.

 

The switch to the three-time Champions Cup winners would effectively end the England aspirations of both players.

 

Under existing rules, England head coach Steve Borthwick is unable to select players based with clubs abroad.

 

Toulon, who won the last of their four French titles in 2014, currently sit fifth in the Top 14 with seven rounds of the regular season remaining.

Sam Riley scored a late try as Harlequins defeated Glasgow Warriors 28-24 in a thriller to book their spot in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals.

 

The Warriors started fast as Scott Cummings went over, before Quins responded with three tries.

 

Andre Esterhuizen, Marcus Smith and Cadan Murley crossed for a 21-7 lead.

 

Glasgow hooker Johnny Matthews and George Horne sparked the game back into life, but Riley responded to hand Harlequins a historic victory.

 

This was Quins' first knockout win in Europe's top-tier competition in their history, with the prize a quarter-final against Bordeaux Begles or Saracens next weekend.

Warrington Wolves went top of Super League with a fine second-half performance to blow away Leeds Rhinos by 34-8.

All looking very close at the top though with the top 5 teams all on 10 points!

Jamison Gibson-Park scored a first-half hat-trick as Leinster beat Leicester Tigers 36-22 to set up an Investec Champions Cup quarter-final against La Rochelle.

Catalans Dragons went top of Super League as they edged past title rivals St Helens by 14-8 in Perpignan, thanks to Matt Ikuvalu's second-half score.

 

Jack Welsby and Tommy Makinson tries gave Saints a half-time lead, scoring either side of Mike McMeeken's converted effort for Catalans.

 

There was little between the two teams as they repelled each other defensively in a brutal affair.

England make two injury-enforced changes to face France in their Grand Slam decider on Saturday in Bordeaux.

 

Hooker Amy Cokayne returns to the starting line-up from suspension to replace Lark Atkin-Davies, who injured her ankle in the victory over Ireland.

 

Sale's Morwenna Talling retains her starting spot after lock Rosie Galligan was a late withdrawal against Ireland because of a thumb injury, with Abbie Ward back on the bench.

 

The Red Roses are aiming to win the Grand Slam for the third year in a row and record a sixth successive Women's Six Nations title.

St Helens returned to the Super League summit as Jonny Lomax’s last-gasp drop-goal gave them victory against Huddersfield at the Totally Wicked Stadium by 13-12.

Owen Farrell kicked a late penalty as Saracens laid down a major marker in the Premiership title race by beating Bath 15-12 to move above them into second.

 

Tom Parton crossed first for Saracens in a highly physical match, before Rotimi Segun added a second try in an expertly managed first half from the visitors.

 

But the pendulum swung Bath’s way after the break as the hosts’ bench made an impact, with tries from replacements Thomas du Toit and Cameron Redpath levelling the score.

 

But Farrell's penalty with three minutes to go secured Saracens the win and pushed them above Bath in the table by a point.

Hull KR consigned Wigan Warriors to defeat by winning 26-10 as the reigning champions lost ground at the top of Super League thanks to a disappointing performance at Craven Park

Ollie Lawrence says England have "nailed on" their tactics as they prepare to tackle New Zealand in Saturday's opening Test in Dunedin.

 

England were criticised for a kick-heavy approach at times during last year's World Cup but showed signs of a more positive intent during their Six Nations win over Ireland.

 

Their greater attacking endeavour continued in the narrow defeat by France and the recent win over Japan to begin their summer tour.

 

Lawrence will start at inside centre in the first match of their two-Test series with the All Blacks, and the 24-year-old says the visitors will have to front up physically.

Six Nations bosses are considering a radical scheduling change which would have a "Super Saturday" take place every weekend of the men's Championship.

 

As it stands, two games each round take place on a Saturday with one match on a Sunday or, occasionally, a Friday night.

 

The only time all three matches take place on a Saturday is for the final round of the tournament.

Leeds Rhinos have appointed Brad Arthur as their new head coach until the end of the season.

 

The 50-year-old Australian was sacked by NRL side Parramatta Eels in May.

 

The Rhinos parted company with Rohan Smith last month following a run of three defeats in four.

Ciaran Frawley struck a brilliant drop-goal with the last kick of the game as Ireland edged South Africa 25-24 in a hugely dramatic Test in Durban to earn a draw in a captivating series between the world's top two sides.