Jeremy Staunton will make his first appearance for Leicester Tigers in Saturday’s Vaquerin Challenge clash with Castres.

England manager Martin Johnson appeared to provide an early glimpse into his thinking ahead of a demanding autumn Test campaign by making eight players available for EDF Energy Cup action this weekend.

England Saxons 34 Ireland A 12

RONAN O’GARA’S first game as Irish captain was a massive disappointment for a player who had great expectations but discovered his team simply wasn’t up to the mark.

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.

Danny Cipriani will make his first Test start when England tackle RBS 6 Nations Championship opponents Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

LEICESTER captain Martin Corry admits his side’s Heineken Cup hopes are “out of their hands” after sinking to a 22-11 defeat in Toulouse.

ENGLAND today move into World Cup semi-final mode, with head coach Brian Ashton claiming: “We have a team to trouble the French.”

Andy Farrell has been recalled to the England side for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Australia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille.

ALL week England coach Brian Ashton claimed that confidence was rising, that it was getting better. That soon we would see the real England.

England head coach Brian Ashton, buoyed by last Saturday's encouraging 44-22 victory over Samoa, makes two changes for tonight's clash with Samoa, with lock Steve Borthwick and flanker Lewis Moody both called up.

MARTIN CORRY has predicted “direct and physical” early exchanges when England and Samoa fight for their World Cup lives in Nantes this afternoon (3pm, Setanta Sports, ITV).

ENGLAND captain Phil Vickery has labelled tonight’s final World Cup warm-up match against France as “the ultimate test” for his players.

WASPS captain Lawrence Dallaglio last night hailed the Londoners’ Heineken Cup final victory over Leicester as the greatest Twickenham final of his glittering career.

HEINEKEN CUP hero Andy Goode has revealed a secret of treble-chasing Leicester’s success – fighting in training.

LEICESTER kept alive their hopes of an unprecedented trophy treble by stunning French Championship leaders Stade Francais to book a place in the Heineken Cup semi-finals.

JAMES HOOK put in a man-of-the-match performance as Wales completed a 27-18 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium and then admitted: “I could only have dreamt it would go that well.”

ENGLAND, based on this display, will be handing over the William Webb Ellis trophy early in the autumn.

England will head to Dublin with an injury doubt hanging over World Cup winner Jason Robinson for the RBS 6 Nations Championship showdown against Ireland at Croke Park.

JASON ROBINSON believes there are “signs of something special” after England’s World Cup heroes reunited to launch the Brian Ashton era in trophy-winning fashion at Twickenham.

GEORGE Chuter says Leicester’s visit to Thomond Park on January 20 is uppermost in their minds ever since the Tigers’ opening Pool Four defeat to Munster in October.

ENGLAND fly-half Toby Flood kicked a last-minute penalty as Newcastle snatched a vital victory in their battle against relegation and prevented Leicester going top of the Guinness Premiership.

LEICESTER blew a disjointed Bourgoin side away in the first half to keep their Heineken Cup hopes alive.

ENGLAND forward Julian White will sit out Leicester’s crunch Heineken Cup clash against Bourgoin tonight, with Tigers boss Pat Howard admitting: “He is battered”.

ENGLAND’S record Twickenham crowd of 82,000 witnessed a record-breaking occasion — but for all the wrong reasons as New Zealand underlined their credentials as overwhelming World Cup favourites.

DAN CARTER will start New Zealand’s clash with England at Twickenham after fly-half Nick Evans failed a fitness test.

GEORGE CHUTER will hurl himself into the seething cauldron of a Heineken Cup showdown between Leicester and Munster on Sunday as proof that sporting life can begin at 30.

Leicester 35 Sale 23

Australia 43 England 18

Leicester 12 Bath 15

Leicester 12 Bath 15

Leicester: Vesty, Murphy, Lloyd, Smith, Hipkiss, Goode, Ellis, Rowntree, Chuter, White, Kay, L. Deacon, Jennings, Moody, Corry. Replacements: Holford, Buckland, Cullen, Abraham, Healey, Cornwell, A. Tuilagi.

Leicester have suspended hooker George Chuter pending a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing after he was cited for allegedly stamping on Wasps opposite number Raphael Ibanez during Saturday’s Powergen Cup semi-final.

PAUL O’CONNELL returned to training with the Ireland squad in Bray yesterday for the first time since sustaining a shoulder injury in the Six Nations defeat by France in Paris.

Clermont Auvergne 27 Leicester 40

Leicester 29 Stade Francais 22

Leicester 30 Ospreys 12

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

Leicester Tigers 50 Munster 19

Leicester 19 Toulouse 27

Leicester fly-half Andy Goode has been called into England’s 30-man training squad ahead of the RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland in Dublin on February 27.

Calvisano 10 Leicester 62

Wasps 31 Leicester 37

London Irish 22 Leicester 39