Brive coach Ugo Mola has included former Connacht lock Damien Browne in his side to tackle Leinster in the Heineken Cup at the RDS on Saturday.

MICHAEL CHEIKA’S smile said it all after his side had hammered admittedly poor opposition and recorded their biggest win on French soil.

Brive will look to England fly-half Andy Goode to steer them to a win over Leinster in the Heineken Cup in France tomorrow afternoon.

Iain Balshaw looks set to become the latest England international who will ply his trade in French club rugby next season.

Danny Care has received a ringing endorsement as he prepares to join England’s training squad – from axed scrum-half Andy Gomarsall.

England boss Brian Ashton has identified the RBS 6 Nations clash against tournament favourites France as “a big, big game” for some of his team.

England scrum-half Shaun Perry has undergone surgery to repair a fracture to the cartilage in his windpipe.

France head coach Bernard Laporte has expressed his admiration for the English mentality ahead of the World Cup semi-final against Brian Ashton’s men on Saturday.

ENGLAND boss Brian Ashton has led the tributes to “remarkable” Jason Robinson, after handing him his 50th cap in a World Cup semi-final.

MARTIN CORRY has declared England’s record World Cup defeat against South Africa must not be a “a terminal hammer blow” for the struggling Webb Ellis Trophy holders.

England have received a timely double boost ahead of their crucial World Cup clash against Samoa in Nantes next Saturday with Jonny Wilkinson and Olly Barkley both returning to the starting line-up.

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JONNY WILKINSON faces an intense fitness fight to make England’s crunch World Cup clash against South Africa at the Stade de France.

Jonny Wilkinson faces an intense fitness fight to make England’s crunch World Cup clash against South Africa at the Stade de France.

BRIAN ASHTON claims it would be “wrong to interpret” that Nick Easter has moved ahead of Lawrence Dallaglio in the battle for England’s World Cup number eight shirt.

France team manager Jo Maso does not believe England’s crushing victory over Wales will have an influence on his team’s clash with the world champions at Twickenham on Saturday.

England have called Sale scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth into their World Cup training squad as cover for Pete Richards, who is undergoing treatment for acute lower back pain.

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England’s illness-hit preparations for the first Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein today have claimed two more victims.

England will decide today whether Gloucester flanker Peter Buxton is fit to tour South Africa.

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

Newcastle Falcons boss John Fletcher claims he would have been “a stark raving lunatic” to leave out a fully-fit Jonny Wilkinson for Sunday’s Guinness Premiership clash against title contenders Bristol.

Sale Sharks wing Mark Cueto will return to action when England Saxons tackle Ireland A in Belfast on Friday night.

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 head coach Brian Ashton faces a potential wing crisis ahead of next weekend’s opening Six Nations clash with Scotland after Jason Robinson, Mark Cueto and Paul Sackey were ruled out of this week’s Twickenham training camp.

England head coach Brian Ashton faces a potential wing crisis ahead of next weekend’s opening RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland after Jason Robinson, Mark Cueto and Paul Sackey were ruled out of this week’s Twickenham training camp.

ENGLAND forward Perry Freshwater was on the scoresheet as Perpignan comfortably overcame French rivals Castres in Heineken Cup Pool One last night.

Bristol put one foot into the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a predictable mauling of Bayonne at the Memorial Stadium tonight.

Connacht’s hopes of some play-off action ended six weeks ago, but they sent Montpellier packing with a four-try 26-13 win in a wet European Challenge Cup encounter tonight.

BELEAGURED England boss Andy Robinson has reacted to his team’s shambolic defeat against Argentina by making seven changes for the Twickenham appointment with South Africa on Saturday.

England boss Andy Robinson has reacted to his team's shambolic defeat against Argentina by making seven changes for the Twickenham appointment with South Africa on Saturday.

ANDY ROBINSON has vowed to continue as England head coach despite the world champions’ demoralising and humiliating run of seven successive defeats.

Andy Robinson's future as England head coach is hanging by a thread tonight after the world champions' Twickenham capitulation against Argentina.

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DEFIANT head coach Andy Robinson has insisted he can handle the pressure after presiding over England’s worst slump for 34 years.

ENGLAND’S record Twickenham crowd of 82,000 witnessed a record-breaking occasion — but for all the wrong reasons as New Zealand underlined their credentials as overwhelming World Cup favourites.

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IAIN BALSHAW has urged England to show “no fear” when they face the most daunting prospect in world rugby – stopping New Zealand.

ENGLAND’S injury problems continue to mount ahead of their Twickenham showdown with World Cup favourites New Zealand on Sunday.

GLOUCESTER rookie Anthony Allen says his England call-up for a Test match baptism of fire against World Cup favourites New Zealand is “pretty unbelievable”.

MATHEW TAIT has become England’s latest injury casualty ahead of their Twickenham appointment with World Cup favourites New Zealand on November 5.

Philippe Saint-Andre has challenged English champions Sale Sharks to “kick-start” their Heineken Cup campaign tomorrow night by collecting a maximum points haul against minnows Calvisano.

England head coach Andy Robinson has named seven uncapped players in a 30-man squad for the Twickenham clash against World Cup favourites New Zealand on November 5.

BRISTOL have increased their scrum-half options by signing Brian O’Riordan from Leinster.