Wales hooker Scott Baldwin will make his first RBS 6 Nations start tomorrow after edging out "top player" Richard Hibbard for the number two shirt against France.

RBS Six Nations: Scotland 23 Wales 26: Wales claimed an eighth successive victory over Scotland as they revived their RBS 6 Nations title hopes following a thrilling 26-23 win at Murrayfield.

Wales star and qualified doctor Jamie Roberts believes the fallout from the George North concussion controversy will contribute towards making rugby union a safer sport. 

Wales 16 England 21: RBS Six Nations: If England do go on to do something rather special in 2015 then we may look at this as the moment when Stuart Lancaster’s men came of age.

Wales lock Alun-Wyn Jones believes New Zealand are "probably 20 minutes ahead of everybody else" after signing off in Europe before next year’s world title defence by serving emphatic notice that they remain a class apart.

Wales 28 Australia 33

Gloucester 45 Munster 8

Reigning champions Wales put their RBS 6 Nations title bid back on track with a Millennium Stadium mauling of France that ended Les Bleus’ Grand Slam hopes.

Three games, 12 tries. And none conceded by Ireland.

Welsh rugby has had more peaks and troughs than a roller-coaster ride in recent years. The only saving grace being that the peaks have been pretty constant and extremely rewarding.

Northampton 27 Ospreys 16

Leinster got their quest for a fourth Heineken Cup crown off to a winning start as Sean O’Brien’s try helped them battle past the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.

It was just one of those nights for the Wallabies.

Warren Gatland and his British and Irish Lions think-tank emerged from their night of the long knives convinced they have a match-day squad to win the third and final Test against Australia on Saturday.

British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has sprung one of the great surprises in the tourists’ history by dropping Brian O’Driscoll for Saturday’s series decider against Australia.

Combined Country 0 British & Irish Lions 64

This morning’s game against the Western Force in Perth will offer the British and Irish Lions management a far greater barometer of what to expect over the next few weeks than the testing but ultimately one-sided game against the Barbarians in Hong Kong last Saturday.

Ireland legend Keith Wood expects Wales to backbone the British and Irish Lions tour party to Australia.

Hooker Richard Hibbard has rejected suggestions the Wales front-row conned referee Steve Walsh during their RBS 6 Nations victory over England.

The Irish players aren’t the only ones glad to see the back of this season’s Six Nations.

Wales 30 England 3

Scotland 18 Wales 28

Scotland 18 Wales 28

Italy 9 Wales 26

Courtney Lawes is ready to strike fear into the French ‘bully boys’ when he is unleashed from the England back row for the first time.

France 6 Wales 16

Wales 19 Samoa 26

Ospreys 26 Connacht 9

Ospreys 38 Benetton Treviso 17

Ospreys 30 Munster 15

Ospreys 30 Munster 15

Leinster were left to rue a golden opportunity for double glory for the second year in-a-row when they lost the RaboDirect Pro12 plot in sight of the victory podium at the RDS yesterday.

Wales hooker Richard Hibbard says Ospreys’ RaboDirect Pro12 title bid is being driven by a wish to send try machine Shane Williams and his soon-to-depart team-mates out on a high.

Ospreys 31 Dragons 12

Leinster 22 Ospreys 23

Edinburgh 14 Ospreys 15

PHIL GODMAN kicked a last-minute drop-goal for Edinburgh last night to clinch victory over Racing Metro and keep them at the top of Pool 2 in the Heineken Cup.

Connacht 6 Ospreys 17

CONNACHT grabbed a losing bonus point on their second away RaboDirect Pro 12 fixture this season with the last kick of the match against the Ospreys in Wales last night.

THE Ospreys ended Ulster’s unbeaten run as they continued their own with a workmanlike triumph at Liberty Stadium yesterday afternoon.

Sam Warburton will become Wales’ youngest World Cup captain when he skippers the squad in New Zealand next month.

NERVES should not be an issue for Damien Varley at Thomond Park tomorrow, at least nothing compared to throwing a first lineout ball at a returning Paul O’Connell.