DOUG HOWLETT is just one of a number of senior players set tointensify Munster’s pre-season effort when they take on Gloucester at Musgrave Park tonight (7pm).

Ben Foden has revealed that Northampton’s ambitious young England contingent are eager to use the Heineken Cup to forge their reputations.

Newport Gwent Dragons 23 Gloucester 32

Gloucester 19 Glasgow Warriors 6

Munster can push reigning French champions Perpignan to the brink of Heineken Cup elimination tomorrow – and underline their own credentials for a possible third European title.

SCOTSMAN Bryan Redpath knows he can mastermind Glasgow’s Heineken Cup demise tonight when his Gloucester team arrive north of the border.

London Irish captain Bob Casey is relishing the prospect of tackling Heineken Cup holders Leinster in Dublin tonight.

GLOUCESTER boss Bryan Redpath has put his team on red alert tonight for their Heineken Cup clash against a Newport Gwent Dragons side he believes will show “no fear”.

ENGLAND wing Mark Cueto has revealed the full extent of a prolonged injury nightmare that left him wondering whether he would play top-level rugby again.

CARDIFF BLUES will complete a triumphant march into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals tonight, but head coach David Young insists: “There is still work to be done.”

Gloucester 12 Cardiff Blues 16

Ben Foden’s blistering form for Northampton has been rewarded with a call-up to the elite England squad.

Gloucester 48 Calvisano 5

Danny Cipriani has been promoted to England’s elite squad ahead of the Investec autumn internationals as a replacement for injured fly-half Jonny Wilkinson.

CARDIFF BLUES won a seven-try Heineken Cup thriller at the Millennium Stadium to take charge of their qualifying group.

Gloucester boss Dean Ryan accepts his team face “a big task” to reach the Heineken Cup quarter-finals following their 37-24 Millennium Stadium defeat against Cardiff Blues.

Cardiff Blues 37 Gloucester 24

Gloucester 22 Biarritz 10

Gloucester 39 Newcastle 23

DANNY CIPRIANI has made no secret of his desire to become “the best in the world” when he lines up for England on Saturday against Scotland.

Dean Ryan has major injury concerns ahead of next weekend’s return game against Bourgoin in pool two of the Heineken Cup.

Bourgoin 7 Gloucester 31

GLOUCESTER boss Dean Ryan accepts his team will head into “a confrontational environment” when they tackle Heineken Cup hosts Bourgoin tonight.

England could suffer a double World Cup injury setback during the next 24 hours. Full-back Jason Robinson and centre Jamie Noon are both battling to play any further part in the tournament.

MIKE TINDALL’S hopes of reviving his World Cup dream appear to be fading as England build towards their tournament warm-up Tests.

Gloucester and Sale Sharks are expected to provide a large chunk of England boss Brian Ashton’s South Africa tour squad when it is announced at Twickenham later today.

BRIAN ASHTON believes England have been relegated to the “second division of world rugby” as they prepare for a Twickenham showdown with RBS Six6 Nations title favourites France.

England have suffered a triple injury blow for Sunday’s Six Nations showdown with title favourites France at Twickenham.

ENGLAND full-back Olly Morgan has been ruled out for the rest of the season after being told he requires shoulder surgery.

England full-back Olly Morgan has been ruled out for the rest of this season after being told he requires shoulder surgery.

Phil Vickery has revealed the unlikely source of his “only positive” element to emerge from dismal England’s record Six Nations defeat in Dublin last Saturday: Brian O’Driscoll.

Uncapped Wasps flanker James Haskell has been named in a 28-man England training squad for the RBS 6 Nations clash against title favourites France at Twickenham.

BRIAN ASHTON has accepted his England rebuilding job might take longer than initially thought after the world champions’ Croke Park calamity.

DAVID STRETTLE is braced for “a baptism of fire” at Croke Park today after being handed one of the toughest jobs in European rugby – replacing Jason Robinson.

London Irish look poised to make a major swoop in the transfer market by signing England scrum-half Peter Richards.

Flanker Joe Worsley and full-back Olly Morgan have been recalled to the England team for the RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland a week on Saturday.

FRANCE Coach Bernard Laporte has made five changes to the team to play Ireland in the Six Nations in Dublin on Sunday from the one that hammered Italy 39-3 on the tournament’s opening weekend.

England boss Brian Ashton has sprung a major surprise ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Italy by calling up uncapped Harlequins flanker Nick Easter.

England arrived for their RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland under blue skies at Twickenham with a spring in their step.

AS a radically-changed England team prepare for their RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Scotland on Saturday, the final bell could be about to toll on Iain Balshaw’s Calcutta Cup ambitions this season.

England have suffered a double injury scare ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham.

GLOUCESTER boss Dean Ryan insists his players will be “fully motivated” for tonight’s Heineken Cup clash against Leinster — despite having already made their European exit.

Agen 26 Gloucester 18

Two superb tries at either end of the match restored Gloucester’s confidence after two Guinness Premiership defeats, but there was little else to enliven a dire struggle in muddy conditions at Kingsholm.