JAMES HOOK grabbed all 19 points as the Ospreys maintained their Magners League title hopes and all but ended those of the Scarlets.

EDINBURGH’S dream of bringing the Magners League title to Scotland for the first time was clinically demolished by the streetwise Ospreys at Murrayfield.

England face a France side gunning for the Grand Slam, after they followed up away victories over Italy and Ireland with a come-from-behind 32-21 win over Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Wales were looking to upset the form book in their RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with France tonight.

WALES star Ryan Jones has accepted responsibility for conceding a last-gasp penalty that could ultimately cost the Ospreys a place in this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

FOR Leinster, it was a welcome return to their spiritual home in the tidy surrounds of Donnybrook.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 12, Newport-Gwent Dragons 6

SALE suffered a dramatic defeat after the Ospreys staged a spectacular smash and grab raid at the Liberty Stadium to finish 17-16.

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have delayed naming their team to face Munster amid a catalogue of injuries ahead of the Heineken Cup clash.

Dafydd James will win his first Wales cap in three years on Saturday after head coach Mike Ruddock announced sweeping changes for the Millennium Stadium clash with South Africa.

Wales 11 Fiji 10

Wales 3 New Zealand 41

Wales head coach Mike Ruddock offered no excuses for their record defeat to New Zealand but admitted it “hurts like hell”.

Ospreys 18 Connacht 17

Ospreys 15 Newport Gwent Dragons 9

DENIS LEAMY has been named in the centre alongside South African international Trevor Halstead for tonight's Celtic League clash with champions, the Ospreys (Musgrave Park, 6.pm).

MUNSTER coach Declan Kidney has delayed team selection for the Celtic League clash with champions Neath/Swansea Ospreys.

Junior All Blacks Joe Rokocoko, Ben Atiga and Saimone Taumoepeau will start for Auckland against the British and Irish Lions today.

Shane Williams enhanced his Test credentials with a sparkling five-try performance as the Lions finally found some attacking form to rack up a century of points against Manawatu and claim their biggest ever win in New Zealand.

Test places are up for grabs today as the battered British and Irish Lions take on second-division provincial side Manawatu.

Wales team manager Alan Phillips insists he is not in conflict with Clive Woodward over the Lions’ decision to overlook Brent Cockbain.

Llanelli Scarlets 23 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 15

The Lions squad announced by Clive Woodward yesterday held few surprises for New Zealand but All Black boss Graham Henry says Wales may feel aggrieved at their lack of numbers.

EVEN in the professional era, with international players well remunerated for their efforts, the driving force for anyone worth his salt is the quest for trophies.

France 18 Wales 24

Wales are facing another testing examination of their RBS 6 Nations title credentials today at the Stadio Flaminio, mindful of the humiliation that haunted their last trip to Rome.

WALES have been given a major boost ahead of their opening Six Nations clash against world champions England with former skipper Martyn Williams declared fit to start.

Wales tonight received a major boost when former skipper Martyn Williams was declared fit to face world champions England.

Neath-Sw’sea Ospreys v Ulster teams

Munster v Neath-Sw’sea teams.

Wales 98 Japan 0

SOUTH AFRICA coach Jake White has recalled the moment when he feared time might have run out on the Springboks’ Grand Slam bid.

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Wales coach Mike Ruddock has urged his players to take a leaf out of Lawrence Dallaglio’s book of rugby wisdom as they go in search of revenge against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

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