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A compilation of some the latest gossip and news from inside RWC2015.

Ireland and Leinster legend Brian O’Driscoll will be involved in the station’s coverage of the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup.

As seismic moments in Irish sport go, the decision to drop Brian O’Driscoll from the Lions squad ranks up there with Roy Keane being sent home from the World Cup in Saipan.

Former British and Irish Lion Austin Healey believes Australia will jump on the loss of Paul O’Connell as a means of overturning the first Test loss and take the series to an all-or-nothing third meeting in Sydney.

Brumbies 14 British & Irish Lions 12

Some of Britain’s most successful sports stars will front BT Sport’s new programmes.

Lions coach Warren Gatland believes the 2011 World Cup has demonstrated that selecting a large number of England players for this summer’s tour to Australia will result in unwanted media attention.

All around Gannon Park in Malahide, the atmosphere is as serene and as low-key as you might expect of a training session for a forgettable pre-season friendly against Serbia.

MIKE TINDALL’S Test career appears to be over after his off-field behaviour during the World Cup resulted in him being kicked out of England’s elite squad and fined £25,000 (€29,000) by the England RFU.

THE spectre of Gavin Henson continues to hang over Welsh rugby after he featured in a marketing campaign for the new Wales kit yesterday.

THE waiting is over.

ENGLAND like to bully teams. It’s their modus operandi. Throughout international rugby history, successful English sides have usually been aggressors.

Former World Cup-winning South Africa coach Jake White is the most high-profile name on a list of contenders to take over at Leicester after the departure of head coach Marcelo Loffreda.

LEICESTER have parted company with head coach Marcelo Loffreda – and raised the possibility of South Africa’s World Cup-winning supremo Jake White replacing him at Welford Road.

VICTORIOUS World Cup captain Martin Johnson remains a firm favourite to fill the role of England team manager following a Rugby Football Union meeting yesterday.

ENGLAND head coach Brian Ashton will discover his fate today when Rob Andrew presents his RBS Six Nations review to the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) management board.

England head coach Brian Ashton will discover his fate tomorrow when Rob Andrew presents his RBS 6 Nations review to the Rugby Football Union’s management board.

The Rugby Football Union has refused to comment on reports linking Austin Healey with an England coaching role.

DIFFERENT teams, different times but there’s no escaping the feeling that Munster’s victory over Leicester in 2003 will be seen as a psychological tool to be used by the holders as they begin their defence of the Heineken Cup at Welford Road on Sunday.

Leicester 40 London Irish 8

Leicester 12 Bath 15

Former Lions back Austin Healey believes it is time for Andy Robinson to stand down as coach after England’s 31-6 defeat by France virtually ended their hopes of claiming the Six Nations Championship crown.

LEEDS coach Daryl Powell has expressed his delight after Tykes were awarded maximum points from last weekend’s postponed Heineken Cup clash against Calvisano.

Leicester 29 Stade Francais 22

London Irish 25 Leicester 28

LONDON IRISH are promising a bumper New Year’s Eve crowd the chance to kick off their celebrations early against Wasps at the Madejski today.

Super-sub Dan Hipkiss got Leicester out of jail with a dramatic late try that kept alive their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes.

Leicester 30 Ospreys 12

Stephen Keogh will captain Munster for their second pre-season friendly, following on from the 20-18 win over Northampton, against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on Friday evening.

Leicester’s Austin Healey wants former team-mate Martin Johnson to replace Andy Robinson as England coach. Healey, who won the last of his 51 caps two years ago, has vowed not to play for England under Robinson.

Ulster have pulled off the signing of Australian lock Justin Harrison, famously branded an “ape, plod and plank” by England’s Austin Healey during the 2001 Lions tour of Australia.

THE INJURY to British & Irish Lions pack leader Lawrence Dallaglio has not just had an impact on Clive Woodward’s touring party - it has become a source of friction among the London press pack.

LEICESTER Tigers coach John Wells has warned his side to expect "cheap shots" from their Toulouse opponents in tomorrow's Heineken Cup semi-final.

SAM VESTY has big boots to fill. At Lansdowne Road this afternoon he lines out in the full-back berth usually occupied by Geordan Murphy for the “biggest game of my life”.

Shane Horgan and Gordon D’Arcy have both been declared fit for Leinster’s Heineken Cup Quarter Final tie with the Leicester Tigers at Lansdowne Road on Saturday (KO: 5.15pm).

AUSTIN HEALEY has been sensationally axed for Leicester’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster tomorrow.

Wasps 31 Leicester 37

London Irish 22 Leicester 39

Leicester 48 Sale 27

YOU’RE interviewing Christian Cullen? The affable Kiwi has not a lot to say for himself, you are warned.