Saracens 24 South Africa 23

Saracens have released former South Africa full-back Brent Russell to join French giants Clermont Auvergne.

JAMES Simpson-Daniel is determined to help Gloucester cast off their nearly-men tag and finally savour Guinness Premiership title glory.

Munster boss Declan Kidney claimed his team had "got out of jail" after booking their fourth Heineken Cup final appearance in nine seasons.

Saracens 16 Munster 18

Saracens 7 Munster 15

Saracens 19 Ospreys 10

Saracens 71 Viadana 7

Biarritz 22 Saracens 21

Saracens 33 Glasgow Warriors 31

Fiji 29 Canada 16

Saracens blew a string of scoring chances but still had enough power to overwhelm London Irish today and take a step closer to the Guinness Premiership play-off places.

AFTER a highly entertaining and extremely impressive autumn series, Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has problems of an altogether different nature than that faced after the corresponding period last season.

THE next time an Irish team takes to the field will be in Cardiff next February on the opening Six Nations weekend and, according to Pacific Islanders coach Pat Lam, there is likely to be only one winner.

Ireland 61 Pacific Islanders 17

Scotland 34 Pacific Islanders 22

Wales captain Duncan Jones felt his side's performance in the battling draw against Australia last week had helped them in their 38-20 victory over the Pacific Islands at the Millennium Stadium.

France today won their first IRB Sevens tournament after a fine comeback against Fiji clinched them home glory in Paris.

England were crushed 26-5 by New Zealand in the final of the Singapore Sevens