IRELAND’S Brian Carney yesterday stunned the rugby league world by announcing his retirement at the age of 30.

Eddie O'Sullivan is wrestling with a selection dilemma for Saturday's autumn showdown against Australia.

Argentina head coach Marcelo Loffreda has today urged the International Rugby Board to include his country in the RBS 6 Nations.

AUSTRALIAN rugby officials will be hoping that Eddie Jones’ departure as national coach will end a destabilising period that threatened to undermine preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

SHE stood before us, a statuesque, 5ft 11 vision of Aryan loveliness.

England and France are being targeted to play in the southern hemisphere's Tri-Nations series.