Wales international Andy Powell has said he was knocked unconscious in a bar room brawl with football supporters that left him requiring hospital treatment.

The Metropolitan Police’s violent crime unit are investigating an incident in a west London pub which left Wales international Andy Powell with a head injury.

Wasps have suspended their international forwards Andy Powell and Tim Payne.

England manager Martin Johnson is still haunted by the memories of last year’s defeat to France in Paris – and he wants revenge.

Louis Deacon has been recalled to the England squad for the RBS 6 Nations as a replacement for banned Gloucester lock Dave Attwood.

Andrew Sheridan will return to the England front row after a 20-month absence for Saturday’s showdown with New Zealand after recovering from shoulder surger

WASPS head coach Tony Hanks was proud of his players after the London club came close to pulling off a shock victory at the reigning Heineken Cup champions.

Leinster 6 London Wasps 41, Donnybrook

Australia 20 England 21

Australia 27 England 17

England 35 Barbarians 26

France 12 England 10

BASED on the last two rounds of Six Nations action, the likelihood of Scotland breaching the Irish line on Saturday seems as remote as Ireland’s hopes of claiming successive championships.

TONY BUCKLEY not only held up well in that vital last minute five metre scrum on Saturday but also engineered two crucial turnovers and cleaned out brilliantly at the breakdown in his 17-minute cameo. In addition, check out his judicious body check on Tim Payne at the tail of the line out which bought a vital second for O’Leary in the build up to Bowe’s winning score.

England 16 Ireland 20

England 6 Ireland 8

MARTIN JOHNSON will keep faith with Jonny Wilkinson when he names his England team at noon today to face Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday.

LEICESTER tight-head prop Dan Cole has admitted the prospect of anchoring the England pack in a full international was not even on his radar at the start of this season.

WALES will go into tomorrow’s RBS Six Nations showdown against England without two thirds of their British and Irish Lions Test front row.

Wales have suffered a second major injury blow ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against England.

Martin Johnson has cast off the shackles and named the boldest attacking team of his 18-month tenure for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations championship clash with Wales.

WALES look set to target a demolition job on an inexperienced England front row in next week’s RBS 6 Nations opener at Twickenham.

England 16 Argentina 9

Steve Thompson will complete a remarkable international comeback when he starts for England against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.

Martin Johnson will name one of the most inexperienced England teams in memory to face Australia at Twickenham on Saturday – and that is despite the return of Jonny Wilkinson.

England have been dealt another major injury setback with the loss of World Cup winner Phil Vickery from their autumn Tests.

IT’S A LIONS tour, but not as we know it. Something is missing. That manic fervour and commitment that the All Blacks were subjected to last November in Thomond Park has been strangely absent in the first five games of this tour – and it’s also missing off the field.

LIONS coach Ian McGeechan is confident there will be no damage to morale after having victory snatched away in the dying seconds of last night’s confrontation with the Emerging Springboks.

Ronan O’Gara wants his team to “make a statement” when he captains the British and Irish Lions at Newlands tonight.

THE Emerging Springboks bid to heap more misery on the shell-shocked British and Irish Lions at Newlands tonight (6.10pm).

RONAN O’GARA yesterday warned the Emerging Springboks that the wounded British and Irish Lions remain a dangerous animal.

Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara will captain the British and Irish Lions in tomorrow night’s clash against the Emerging Springboks at Newlands.

THE Lions are hopeful that James Hook will be passed fit ahead of tomorrow’s clash with the Emerging Springboks in Cape Town.

The British & Irish Lions have called England loose-head prop Tim Payne into the Lions' squad for the remainder of the tour as Andrew Sheridan is responding slowly to treatment on his sore back.

DANNY CIPRIANI will continue his quest to regain the England out-half jersey with Wasps this weekend after being included among 17 players Martin Johnson has made available for club duty.

Danny Cipriani will continue his quest to regain the England fly-half jersey with Wasps this weekend after being included among 17 players Martin Johnson has made available for club duty.

England team manager Martin Johnson has insisted Danny Cipriani is still part of his plans for this season’s RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Castres 21 Wasps 15

There is uncertainty over the fitness of Leinster's two first choice props CJ van der Linde and Stan Wright ahead of their crucial Pool 2 Heineken Cup encounter with London Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday.

MARTIN JOHNSON believes victory over South Africa today would be a seminal moment in his quest to re-establish England as the dominant force in world rugby.

ALL BLACKS captain Richie McCaw has delivered an emphatic message to the critics who question his style of play.

England prop Andrew Sheridan has been ruled out of Saturday’s international against South Africa after failing to recover from a neck injury.

Director of rugby Ian McGeechan has named an unchanged starting line up for London Wasps clash with Leinster at the RDS on Saturday.

England have made wholesale changes to their back division for Saturday’s second Test against New Zealand.