Ashley Johnson believes the current Wasps side are ready to move out of the shadow of Lawrence Dallaglio — starting against Leinster at ‘fortress’ Ricoh Arena on Saturday.

Tom Wood has a unique take on what makes a nice day out.

As a three-time Lion, Lawrence Dallaglio knows a thing or two about the opening game on tour but even for a man of his great experience, playing Saturday’s opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong makes for a unique occasion.

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

I’m especially good at expectorating, sings Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and the hunter’s skill with a well-aimed spit is just one more indication that he’s the villain of the piece.

When the Heineken Cup celebrated its 15th birthday two years ago, fans were asked to select their most memorable games from the tournament’s history.

FOR all bar a handful of English fans among the 48,000 at a sold-out Lansdowne Road, it ended in the heartache caused by a tubby Samoan burrowing over for the decisive try four minutes into stoppage time.

MARTIN JOHNSON last night revealed his coaching team would remain intact for the summer tour to Australia after branding England’s critics “ill-informed”.

ENGLAND’S Rugby Football Union will consider the introduction of rolling substitutions on a trial basis in the Guinness Premiership in a bid to eradicate cheating from the sport.

WILLIE JOHN McBride has been voted the greatest ever Lion by best-selling magazine Rugby World – though there is no place in the Top 50 for 2009 captain, Paul O’Connell.

Johnson and Dallaglio said the Lions Test series win was the pinnacle of their careers. So Paul O’Connell recognises how much is riding on today’s clash against South Africa in Pretoria. He discussed this and more with Edward Newman

Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has praised Matt Stevens for confessing to his drug problems – and warned the disgraced prop he will now find out “who his friends really are”.

VETERAN second row Malcolm O’Kelly has won his battle for fitness and earns a recall to the Leinster team for today’s Heineken Cup clash with London Wasps at the RDS (5.30pm).

SARACENS’ director of rugby Alan Gaffney admitted his players’ faces were as pink as their shirts after the 40-29 defeat to Wasps that kept Ian McGeechan’s men on track for the Premiership play-offs.

Lawrence Dallaglio is free to play for Wasps once more after the Rugby Football Union backdated a one-week ban on the former England captain to include his punishment by Wasps.

Lawrence Dallaglio has questioned whether Martin Johnson is qualified to fill the newly-created role of England team manager.

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

Wasps captain Lawrence Dallaglio has been cited for striking an opponent in his club’s EDF Energy Cup semi-final against Leicester.

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO would approve of Martin Johnson’s appointment as England manager as he claims the RBS Six Nations runners-up demand strong leadership.

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO has brought England sensation Danny Cipriani crashing back down to earth by warning: “Jonny Wilkinson wants his place back.”

Brian Ashton has revealed he expects the speculation to continue about his future as England head coach.

Lawrence Dallaglio has backed his fellow World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson to accept the fly-half challenge thrown down by young pretender Danny Cipriani.

Danny Cipriani will report for England duty tonight with World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio underlining the Wasps youngster's "dedication" to rugby.

ONE MIGHT have thought the focus would be on the battle between Ronan O’Gara and Stephen Jones at out half or the alleged animosity between Brian O’Driscoll and Gavin Henson.

Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio has urged coach Brian Ashton not to make rash selection decisions after they were humbled 26-19 by Wales yesterday.

ENGLAND warrior Mark Regan is expecting a battle in today’s RBS 6 Nations opener, claiming: “There is never a friendly with the Welsh.”

WASPS captain Lawrence Dallaglio was unhappy with referee Nigel Owens’ decision to sin-bin Simon Shaw in Saturday’s Heineken Cup showdown, describing it as the “turning point” of the game.

RONAN O’GARA made Thomond Park his stage once again on Saturday with a display that shattered the hopes of Heineken Cup champions London Wasps and steered his Munster team into the knock-out stages of this marvellous tournament for an incredible 10th successive year.

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THE Cork/Limerick rivalry is what many people think of when they consider Munster rugby.

THE sign inside their clubhouse in Ealing, west London reads, ‘Welcome to Twyford Avenue, Home of Wasps’.

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO believes any side that can win at Thomond Park is deserving of high praise, before adding that the London club will be ready for what awaits them in the Limerick cauldron for a winner-takes-all Pool Five decider against Munster on Saturday.

OBSERVING the faces of the Munster faithful as they coped with security checks, long airport queues, passport control — even defeat at the hands of Clermont Auvergne — the fanatical followers were as cheerful and resilient as ever on the homeward trek Sunday night.

WASPS need to do what only Leicester have ever done before and storm Munster’s fortress Thomond Park to guarantee a home Heineken Cup quarter-final.

Wasps need to do what only Leicester have ever done before and storm Munster’s fortress Thomond Park to guarantee a home Heineken Cup quarter-final.

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LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO has been hailed by Wasps coach Shaun Edwards as a “shining example” and one of the greatest captains in rugby history.

Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has retired from international rugby with immediate effect and will end his playing career at the end of his Wasps contract in May.

WASPS have called a press conference for lunchtime today that will end mounting speculation over Lawrence Dallaglio’s future.

England head coach Brian Ashton has assured Lawrence Dallaglio he still has an international future.

LLANELLI SCARLETS may be the only team in Pool Five of the Heineken Cup out of contention for a qualifying spot, but the Welsh region could yet prove to be the joker in the pack, according to Wasps scrum-half Eoin Reddan.

LAWRENCE Dallaglio’s body, all 18 stone of it, was tense and coiled, like a baited bear on the brink of rebellion but, in the end, all he could do was thrust his head into his hands, with the frustration almost steaming from his ears.

LAWRENCE Dallaglio admits European champions Wasps “have to do the business” on Saturday after suffering their biggest Heineken Cup defeat for almost six years.

OUTSPOKEN England stars Lawrence Dallaglio and Mike Catt will face no further censure from the Rugby Football Union for comments made in their post-World Cup books.