Toby Flood will be named in England's RBS 6 Nations squad today after a citing for an alleged tip tackle was dismissed at a Rugby Football Union hearing.

England hooker Steve Thompson has been forced to retire with immediate effect after suffering another neck injury.

Joe Worsley has been forced to retire from the game with immediate effect due to a neck problem, his club Wasps have announced.

Wasps have appointed Dai Young as their new director of rugby.

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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.

Shaun Edwards admits he is “gravely concerned” after Guinness Premiership champions Wasps sunk to a six-year European low.

Danny Cipriani has cleared the first hurdle on a comeback trail that should lead to Twickenham next month.

Luke Fitzgerald is looking forward to being in the thick of the action against New Zealand in Ireland's one-off Test match on Saturday.

Ireland back three player Geordan Murphy is preparing for a colossal challenge as his Leicester Tigers face London Wasps in the Guinness Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday.

Shaun Edwards has pledged his international coaching future to Wales by signing a three-year contract.

Lawrence Dallaglio has been suspended for a week by his club Wasps.

Munster skipper Ronan O'Gara admitted the fear of failure inspired his match-winning display which condemned Wasps to a Heineken Cup exit.

Munster boss Declan Kidney has hailed his side who reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup for an unprecedented 10th successive year last night after beating holders Wasps 19-3.

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Ireland scrum-half Eoin Reddan knows what it takes to break Munster at Thomond Park ahead of their do-or-die Heineken Cup match in Limerick on Saturday. He played for the province before a revitalising career move to London Wasps.

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Jason Robinson appears to be England's biggest fitness concern as they begin preparations for their Twickenham clash against RBS 6 Nations title favourites France.

LEICESTER boss Pat Howard has predicted a “formidable” challenge from Stade Francais when the Parisians play for their Heineken Cup lives today.

JOHNNY O'CONNOR is not the most comfortable in the interview chair. Quiet and unassuming, it's a complete contrast to his explosive action on the pitch.

Wasps boss Warren Gatland accepts his European champions will lose control of their Heineken Cup campaign if they come unstuck against arch rivals Leicester tomorrow.

Ireland strike runner Geordan Murphy has warned Wasps are far from a beaten club ahead of Leicester Tigers date with destiny at Welford Road on Sunday.

PERHAPS the expectation level was too high. Maybe it was the memory of the outstanding fare on offer last season in both semi-finals and final.

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ANOTHER classic. Another titanic encounter. Sadly, the same old story.

He knows very little about Sunday’s Heineken Cup Munster and cannot name one prop that really troubled him, but All Black legend Craig Dowd ia not an arrogant player, merely an honest one. Hugh Farrelly met the family man who is loving his rugby with the Wasps.

THE IRFU is faced with the unpalatable prospect of excluding one of the remaining three provinces from the Heineken Cup if Connacht win the Parker Pen Challenge Cup.

GARY LONGWELL has been called into the Irish squad for the Six Nations game against England at Twickenham tomorrow week.

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IRISH flanker Johnny O’Connor has been handed a place in the starting line up tonight as English champions Wasps put their Heineken Cup ambitions on the line against a fledgling Welsh team formed barely six months ago.

Ex-Connacht & Ireland A flanker Johnny O’Connor of London Wasps has been voted Zurich Premiership Player of the Month for December by a panel of 10 judges made up from members of the rugby media.

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JONNY WILKINSON was last night cleared of serious injury, with Newcastle director of rugby Rob Andrew allaying fears he could miss England’s Six Nations campaign.

England World Cup heroes Lawrence Dallaglio and Josh Lewsey will be rested for Wasps’ Heineken Cup clash against Calvisano in Italy on Saturday.

ENGLAND will go into their biggest Test match since the 1999 World Cup without injured Lions Matt Dawson and Richard Hill.

Lawrence Dallaglio will have a chance to prove his fitness following a shoulder injury scare when Wasps host London Irish on Sunday.

CONNACHT have received a major boost with the announcement that coach Steph Nel has signed a new three-year contract.

Connacht will play a pre-season friendly against the London Wasps side now being coached by their former supremo Warren Gatland.

England full-back Matt Perry will line up for the A side in Friday night's clash against Ireland at Northampton.