Gloucester 22 Munster 11

IT isn’t just wishful thinking that leads me to believe that Alan Gaffney and Munster can fly out of England’s west country tonight with a major scalp in the cargo hold.

Gloucester 49 Bourgoin 13

South Africa and Samoa came face-to-face in a World Cup Pool C eliminator at the Suncorp Stadium today.

Samoa’s World Cup campaign could come to an end at the Suncorp Stadium tomorrow – but Pool C opponents South Africa can still expect a fearsome challenge.

MARTIN JOHNSON yesterday mirrored England’s huge sense of relief after the World Cup favourites booked their quarter-final place with victory over magnificent Samoa at Telstra Dome.

Uruguay believe they can learn the lessons of their World Cup mauling by South Africa and turn it into a positive performance against Samoa at Subiaco Oval later today.

Double European champions Leicester could miss out on Heineken Cup qualification next season – and Dean Richards today admitted the Tigers are up against it.

Gloucester were the better side in the first-half of their Powergen Cup semi-final against Leicester, but the Tigers are 6-3 up at half-time.

England forwards Lawrence Dallaglio and Julian White look certain to miss national squad training today after picking up injuries during the latest round of Zurich Premiership action.

Munster 33 Gloucester 6

London Irish have asked for ‘‘a number of incidents’’ to be reviewed by the match commissioner following yesterday’s Zurich Premiership defeat against Northampton.