Gareth Llewellyn hopes to achieve a notable career double against England next Saturday – even if it has been 12 years in the making.

Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is set to host the Lions next May in a warm-up game for their tour of New Zealand.

England captain Lawrence Dallaglio looks set to announce his retirement from international rugby tomorrow.

ENGLAND will go into Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against Wales at Suncorp Stadium with skipper Martin Johnson insisting: “We are taking nothing for granted.”

WHEN Jason Leonard trundles down the tunnel at the Suncorp Stadium on Sunday, he will make all of England proud — and one particular Frenchman just a shade sad.

Josh Lewsey erased memories of England’s darkest day as the Six Nations champions cruised towards a World Cup quarter-final showdown with Wales next Sunday.

Joe Worsley tonight received a severe reprimand from England boss Clive Woodward following an incident during the World Cup record victory over Uruguay.

Bath scrum-half Martyn Wood was tonight preparing for a flight to Australia as England’s World Cup camp assessed the extent of injuries to Matt Dawson and Kyran Bracken.

Ben Cohen is relishing the prospect of England’s World Cup campaign – two years after a “mindless” Lions tour to Australia.

England ended 40 years of hurt in Australia by beating the world champion Wallabies today after 10 failed attempts Down Under.

England centre Will Greenwood believes England’s 26-9 victory at the Millennium Stadium yesterday will be remembered as the vehicle on which Welsh rugby travelled back to a place of pride and passion.

England boss Clive Woodward today insisted that his RBS 6 Nations Championship favourites have “no fear” about playing away from home.

England boss Clive Woodward is braced for a “physical and full-on game” when his RBS6 Nations Championship favourites tackle relative no-hopers, Wales at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow.

Jason Leonard took centre stage at Twickenham today as the rugby world acclaimed his remarkable feat of winning 100 international caps.

IT’S not usually something you see in Stephen’s Green on your way to work. So, heads turned two or three times as, ground rumbling beneath their feet, Jonah Lomu walked by. The quizzical eyes in faces asked, “it’s not him, is it?”

England boss Clive Woodward has claimed that ‘‘no-one should read anything’’ into Martin Johnson’s surprise appearance on the bench for Sunday’s Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship appointment with Italy.