ENGLAND team manager Martin Johnson was yesterday pondering how to replace injured fly-half Danny Cipriani for the summer tour to New Zealand.

Fabien Pelous hopes Leicester will feel the heat when they take on Toulouse in a crucial Heineken Cup clash tomorrow.

Leicester 14 Toulouse 9

Leinster 22 Leicester Tigers 9

ARGENTINA’S World Cup star Felipe Contepomi is ready to launch another team towards tournament glory this weekend.

Leicester 9 Wasps 25

WASPS winger Paul Sackey has demanded extra tackling practice this week to prepare him for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final clash with Leicester wrecking-ball Alesana Tuilagi.

Martin Corry saluted an “incredibly special” Leicester performance after the Tigers made Heineken Cup history.

Munster 6 Leicester 13

LEICESTER are hurtling towards a Pool Four decider against European champions Munster in Limerick tomorrow week, but they cannot allow such an enticing prospect to overshadow their Welford Road appointment with Cardiff Blues this afternoon (3pm, Sky Sports).

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”.

An injury-time drop goal by full-back Sam Vardy gave Leicester their first Heineken Cup victory of the campaign and finally ended a tenacious performance by a Cardiff Blues team down to 14 men for most of the second half.

AFTER THE heroics of Cardiff, the reality check for European champions Munster has come hard and fast.

Sale Sharks 45 Leicester 20

Leicester 40 London Irish 8

Leicester 12 Bath 15

London Irish 25 Leicester 28

LONDON IRISH are promising a bumper New Year’s Eve crowd the chance to kick off their celebrations early against Wasps at the Madejski today.

Wales and Ospreys centre Gavin Henson faces a nervous wait to discover whether he will be cited for an off-the-ball clash with Leicester prop Alejandro Moreno in yesterday’s fractious Heineken Cup game at the Liberty Stadium.

Ospreys 15 Leicester 17

Super-sub Dan Hipkiss got Leicester out of jail with a dramatic late try that kept alive their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes.

Leicester 30 Ospreys 12

CARL HAYMAN was the toast of the All Blacks following his epic duel with England prop Andy Sheridan on Saturday.

Munster 20 Northampton 18

Lions chief Clive Woodward today mounted a defiant defence of his controversial numbers game – and insisted it added up.

IT COULD have been a metaphor for the last week of this tour as Clive Woodward entered his latest press conference in the company of two doctors — but the men in white coats were there to deliver the latest injury updates on a battered British & Irish Lions squad.

Irish back Shane Horgan was tonight confirmed among a lengthy Lions casualty list ahead of Saturday’s third Test against the All Blacks.

Jonny Wilkinson and Gavin Henson have been ruled out of Saturday’s third Test between the Lions and New Zealand in Auckland.

EVEN the best coaches have a blind spot, and Clive Woodward is no exception.

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.

Otago 19 British and Irish Lions 30

Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy improved his chances of making the Lions’ Test team with a impressive display in today’s victory over Taranaki.

Taranaki 14 British and Irish Lions 36

Taranaki 7 British & Irish Lions 6

Denis Hickie knows he has got to strike the right balance against Taranaki tomorrow if he wants to impress his Test match credentials upon Lions head coach Clive Woodward.

Gordon D’Arcy has called for the Lions to stamp their mark on New Zealand with a comprehensive victory over Bay of Plenty in Saturday’s opening tour match.

Lions 25 Argentina 25

British & Irish Lions head coach Clive Woodward admitted tonight “We didn’t expect a draw” after Argentina held his side 25-25 in Cardiff.

British & Irish Lions 25 Argentina 25

Lions 25 Argentina 25

Lions 16 Argentina 19

SIX Irish players are in the Lions team for a Tour warm-up game against Argentina next Monday at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Leicester 19 Toulouse 27

England internationals Martin Corry and Mark Cueto have both been nominated for a prestigious end-of-season award.