Toulon 32 Munster 16

London Irish 13 Toulon 19

MUNSTER flanker David Wallace expects 100% effort from all the players in Saturday’s Heineken Cup clash with French pace-setters Toulon at Thomond Park.

“ALL or nothing” – that’s how Toulon and England star Jonny Wilkinson is viewing Saturday’s showdown at Thomond Park with Munster after helping his side to a Heineken Cup opening round win against the Ospreys.

MARTIN JOHNSON admitted England must become smarter after suffering a second-half collapse in yesterday’s 35-26 victory over the Barbarians.

England 35 Barbarians 26

MARTIN JOHNSON spent most of his playing career keeping Simon Shaw out of the England team and most of his latest incarnation as red rose manager doing the same.

Simon Shaw will make his first England start under Martin Johnson after being named as one of three changes in the team to play France in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash at Twickenham.

WHEN a player of Brian O’Driscoll’s renown and stature admits that “this was one of the more physical Test matches I’ve played in a long, long time,” the point is well made.

Paul Sackey has pinpointed Brian O’Driscoll as the man England have to stop if they are to register a first victory at Croke Park this evening.

Wales 23 England 15

Fly-half Dave Walder produced another man-of-the-match performance as Wasps strengthened their chances of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with victory over Edinburgh.

Martin Johnson insists he does not care about his England team playing “sexy rugby”.

Wasps 25 Castres 11

SARACENS’ director of rugby Alan Gaffney admitted his players’ faces were as pink as their shirts after the 40-29 defeat to Wasps that kept Ian McGeechan’s men on track for the Premiership play-offs.

RONAN O’GARA’S first game as Irish captain was a massive disappointment for a player who had great expectations but discovered his team simply wasn’t up to the mark.

England 33 Ireland 10

England 13 Ireland 10

Rob Kearney believes beating England tomorrow will enable Ireland to claw back some credibility from a disappointing RBS 6 Nations.

Frank Hadden’s men regained the Calcutta Cup with a 15-9 triumph at Murrayfield by virtue of a terrific defensive display reminiscent of the win against England in 2006.

England arrive in Paris seeking a first Six Nations victory at Stade de France for eight years today.

JONNY WILKINSON clocked up 1,000 points for England as he guided the World Cup finalists through a hazardous Italian job and revived their RBS Six Nations campaign.

Italy 19 England 23

WALES coach Warren Gatland looks set to change a winning team when his Twickenham heroes continue their quest for the RBS 6 Nations title against Scotland in Cardiff next Saturday.

Munster 19 Wasps 3

Wasps 40 Llanelli Scarlets 7

Wasps 25 Clermont Auvergne 24

LAWRENCE Dallaglio admits European champions Wasps “have to do the business” on Saturday after suffering their biggest Heineken Cup defeat for almost six years.

IF THE European Rugby Cup organisers were embarrassed at how the various Heineken Cup pools panned out, they should have been running for cover after what transpired at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday evening.

Wasps 24 Munster 23

MARK CUETO has reflected on the moment England’s dream of making World Cup history drifted into oblivion, claiming: “It was 100% a try.”

England 6 South Africa 15

ENGLAND today move into World Cup semi-final mode, with head coach Brian Ashton claiming: “We have a team to trouble the French.”

ALL week England coach Brian Ashton claimed that confidence was rising, that it was getting better. That soon we would see the real England.

England 36 Tonga 20

England head coach Brian Ashton, buoyed by last Saturday's encouraging 44-22 victory over Samoa, makes two changes for tonight's clash with Samoa, with lock Steve Borthwick and flanker Lewis Moody both called up.

England 44 Samoa 22

MARTIN CORRY has predicted “direct and physical” early exchanges when England and Samoa fight for their World Cup lives in Nantes this afternoon (3pm, Setanta Sports, ITV).

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO emerged from the ruins left by England’s latest calamitous away day collapse — a 22-9 loss to France — and conceded: “This has given us a bit of a reality check.”

THE agonising waiting game for England’s World Cup hopefuls could be over sooner than expected.

David Strettle and Mike Tindall could both be ruled out of World Cup contention today when England boss Brian Ashton assesses his casualty list.

WASPS captain Lawrence Dallaglio last night hailed the Londoners’ Heineken Cup final victory over Leicester as the greatest Twickenham final of his glittering career.

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.