Mike Phillips makes an instant return for Wales squad against France

Mike Phillips has been picked in Wales's squad to face Six Nations leaders France

Opportunity comes knocking for Wales and Ireland’s fringe players

Eddie Butler: Bradley Davies can fill a large hole left by the absence of Alun Wyn Jones

Eddie Butler: England's No10 came in for undue flak after the Italy match, but the truth is he has always been a cautious player

Andy Powell's golf buggy misdemeanours have given Warren Gatland another headache in a stuttering Six Nations campaign

Warren Gatland told Bradley Davies he will be in the Wales XV against France

Shaun Edwards: With so many games swinging on the showing of yellow cards teams must devise strategies for playing with, or against, 14 men

Eddie Butler: Kicking is supposed to be the curse of the game but it has merely taken over as a preamble to the next phase

Jonny Wilkinson's place in the England side looked assured after the manager, Martin Johnson, hit out at the fly-half's critics

The defiant England manager has rejected criticism of the 'boring' win in Italy

Jerry Flannery has been suspended for six weeks after a committee upheld the citing against the Ireland hooker

Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations due to an elbow injury

A second operation in Cardiff this week will help speed up the winger's recovery process from the neck injury he received against Wales

Wales have suffered a second blow in 24 hours after Alun Wyn Jones was ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations

Robert Kitson: Jonny Wilkinson must be made to pass more and kick less, or move aside for a new No10

Andy Powell was suspended from the Wales squad after he was arrested for allegedly driving a golf cart while over the limit