The English papers were chock-full of U2 puns as they revelled in what The Telegraph termed "redemption day".

Interesting times, as if you didn’t know, writes Michael Moynihan.

France rugby’s version of Manchester City have huge ambitions for the future, have dropped the good-time image and they also play in sky blue. Robert Kitson reports

RESPECTED rugby pundit, Stuart Barnes, expects the Lions Test team to be based around the Munster model, describing the European Cup holders as a team of winners.