Southwell have called an inspection for Wednesday’s National Hunt meeting.

Robert Winston will appeal against the 22-day ban handed to him by the Southwell stewards yesterday.

Hugo Southwell has told his Scotland team-mates to grasp the opportunity in front of them in tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations opener with France in Paris.

Southwell have announced a 6am precautionary inspection ahead of their jumps fixture tomorrow.

Southwell will stage a 9am precautionary inspection ahead of this afternoon‘s meeting, while the all-weather meeting at Lingfield has survived a 6.30am precautionary inspection and goes ahead as scheduled.

Argentina 9 Scotland 13

FRANCE coach Marc Lièvremont was reluctant to talk up comeback king Mathieu Bastareaud ahead of Ireland’s forthcoming trip to Paris, despite the Stade Francais man announcing his return to the international stage with a brace of tries yesterday.

Bryan Smart and Phillip Makin have struck up a fruitful partnership in the absence of Tom Eaves and the trainer-jockey combination followed up Friday's Southwell hat-trick as Snow Bay struck at the Nottinghamshire track.

With the cold snap continuing the decimate the racing fixture list, the British Horseracing Authority have moved to lessen the damage by adding three further all-weather fixtures for next week.

Seb Sanders was also hit with a one-day ban (September 10) for careless riding on Usquaebach who finished third in the Southwell Golf Club Junior Members Nursery at Southwell.

Chris Paterson was today recalled to the Scotland side for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland – but head coach Frank Hadden delayed finalising his selection at second row.

SCOTLAND prop Allan Jacobsen faces four months on the sidelines after tests showed he will require shoulder surgery.

Fly-half Dave Walder produced another man-of-the-match performance as Wasps strengthened their chances of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with victory over Edinburgh.

Big days in sport are the lifeblood for many fanatics.

Worcester’s National Hunt fixture on Sunday, April 6, has been transferred to Southwell.

Edinburgh 38 Connacht 8

HUGO SOUTHWELL is certain Scotland have not lost sight of reality after the heady excitement of last weekend’s unexpected Calcutta Cup triumph.

Frank Hadden’s men regained the Calcutta Cup with a 15-9 triumph at Murrayfield by virtue of a terrific defensive display reminiscent of the win against England in 2006.

Cheltenham officials do not anticipate any significant weather problems ahead of their informative meeting on Saturday.

Southwell finally reopens on Tuesday following the devastation of the track due to the summer floods.

SCOTLAND’S World Cup run came to a disappointing end at the quarter-final stage as Argentina stuttered into a last-four date with South Africa with a scrappy victory in Paris last night.

Scotland 18 Italy 16

ALLY HOGG claimed a hat-trick of tries as Scotland warmed up for their clash with World Cup favourites New Zealand by strolling to victory in the Pool C match with Romania at Murrayfield last night.

Thursday's fixture at Southwell has been transferred to Lingfield due to parts of the site remaining flooded, it was announced today.

JIMMY O’REILLY has not had the best of starts to 2007 but Northerner could bring about a welcome return to form for the yard at Southwell.

Southwell have abandoned this afternoon's meeting due to a waterlogged track.

Today’s all-weather action at Southwell has been given the go-ahead after the track passed a second inspection at 12.30pm.

Southwell flies the flag for racing today after the current cold snap forced both Sedgefield and Market Rasen to abandon.

Toulouse 35 Edinburgh 13

Scotland 18 Samoa 11

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Southwell’s meeting this evening will go ahead after the track passed a 3.30pm inspection.

International rugby latest:

Scotland were looking to end their Australasian tour and a 16-Test international season with an unlikely victory over the Wallabies at Sydney’s Telstra Stadium.

Punters have a host of meetings to pick from this week with both quantity and quality on offer at most venues.

Australia 35 Scotland 15

Scotland’s development tour officially ended today when eight players were sent home and Matt Williams’ trimmed down Test squad began fierce preparations for the first Hopetoun Cup Test match against Australia on Sunday.

NSW Country 10 Scotland 48

Munster 17 Edinburgh 28

Edinburgh 31 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 35

EDINBURGH held off a remarkable Leinster rally to kick-start their Celtic League challenge with a tense bonus-point victory at Murrayfield.

Neath/Swansea Ospreys 16 Edinburgh Rugby 32

CONNECTIONS of Davids Lad must wait until today to discover whether Ireland's main fancy for the Martell Cognac Grand National will be allowed to run at Aintree next month.

NORTHERN owner Brendan Matthews was out of luck when the draw for the J. P. McManus Irish Cup was made at the Bogue Inn Tralee on Sunday night.