The Racing 92 physio was in tears in the dressing room in Lyon last Saturday. That was Patrice Boutevin’s third European Cup final loss, and while it’s not nice to see adult men broken up, it’s good he cares so much.

Chris Ashton believes Saracens are “in a good place” after positioning themselves for another full-blown assault on major European silverware.

Ulster head coach Les Kiss believes Saracens are the greatest threat to Toulon’s reign as European champions.

Racing Metro 92 11 Saracens 12: Marcelo Bosch basked in the gratitude of his team-mates after kicking Saracens into the semi-finals of the Champions Cup in dramatic scenes in north Paris.

Stuart Lancaster is convinced England can win the World Cup despite presiding over a fourth successive runners-up finish in the RBS 6 Nations.

England 25 Scotland 13

RBS Six Nations: England 47 Italy 17: England full-back Mike Brown receives medical attention for a head injury.

Munster head coach Anthony Foley says his team "didn’t turn up at times" today after suffering their heaviest European defeat since losing 60-19 to Toulouse during the 1996-97 season.

Saracens 30 Clermont Auvergne 23

Ireland’s director of rugby Eddie Wigglesworth hit back at criticism aimed at the IRFU for participating in the IRB Nations Cup.

Ireland, 2014 Six Nations champions, are the only nation in the IRB’s top 20 test sides without a men’s Sevens team.

Mike Cron isn’t a household name in Irish rugby, but in New Zealand he’s known as "the scrum doctor".

Gloucester have identified the individual who threw a plastic bottle at referee Tim Wigglesworth in Saturday’s stormy west country derby against Bath as a schoolboy.

HEINEKEN CUP POOL THREE:

A blind woman has spoken of her disappointment at being told by a travel company that she cannot fly unless she is accompanied by a carer.

Saracens 12 Toulon 24

Saracens 28 Gloucester 23

The Irish Rugby Football Union’s director of rugby Eddie Wigglesworth has defended the recent change in policy regarding foreign signings for Irish provincial sides amid disapproval from fans and coaches.

THE IRFU yesterday announced plans to limit the number of foreign rugby players at Munster, Leinster and Ulster.

England scrum-half Danny Care has been ruled out of the Rugby Word Cup with a toe injury.

SARACENS kept the pressure on the Aviva Premiership leaders yesterday, inflicting another defeat on struggling London Irish.

Saracens are hopeful they can complete a deal to sign unsettled Wales star Gavin Henson.

SALE director of rugby Kingsley Jones felt poor discipline had cost his side victory against Toulouse at Edgeley Park.

Sale 13 Toulouse 19

MARTIN JOHNSON watched on as Sale edged a ferocious encounter against Guinness Premiership leaders London Irish thanks to a try created and scored by three players hoping to catch the eye of the England manager.

SAINT-ANDRE already eyeing quarter-final berth!

Sale director of rugby Philippe Saint-Andre insisted Charlie Hodgson has a key role to play at the club after he failed to make the starting line-up for today’s Heineken Cup Pool One defeat to holders Munster.

New Zealand 37 England 20

England 17 Barbarians 14

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 13 Ireland 10

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.

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

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

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.

Sale Sharks scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth will make his first England start in the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against France next Saturday.

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.

SIMON EASTERBY believes Ireland has a better-balanced squad than that which contested the World Cup in Australia four years ago.

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.

Calvisano 11 Sale Sharks 29

SALE director of rugby Phillipe Saint-Andre insisted his side’s Heineken Cup hopes remains alive after beating Stade Francais at Edgeley Park.