England should favour home-based players, says Lawrence Dallaglio

Rugby Union: Lawrence Dallaglio has called on Martin Johnson to favour home-based players when picking the England squad to halt the exodus abroad

Dallaglio wants Johnson to back English-based players

Lawrence Dallaglio says the Premiership is suffering and England should follow the Welsh model of selecting only home-based players

England hope Flood will flourish in Dublin

Mike Averis: The Leicester No10 will be expected to add creativity to Martin Johnson's backs at Croke Park on Saturday

Flood replaces Goode at No10 for Ireland match

Martin Johnson has made just one change from the team that started against Wales two weeks ago, bringing in Leicester No10 Toby Flood

Baby moves to fly-half in experimental France side

The France coach Marc Lièvremont has selected centre Benoit Baby at No10 and debutant Mathieu Bastareaud at centre for his side's match against Wales on Saturday

Flood hoping for chance to shine in Croke Park

The Leicester and England fly-half Toby Flood is looking forward to returning to Croke Park and hopes to start at No10 instead of Andy Goode

Ireland go for softly, softly approach to clash with England

Declan Kidney announced an unchanged team to face England at Croke Park in the Six Nations

Roberts shows size does matter

Jamie Roberts has added a new dimension to Wales that is proving hard to handle for their Six Nations opponents

Ireland name unchanged side to face England

Ireland head coach Declan Kidney has made no changes to his starting XV as he seeks a third Six Nations win in a row

Fit-again Murray back for Scotland

Euan Murray will return to the front row for Scotland's Six Nations clash with Italy at Murrayfield this Saturday

France call up Trinh-Duc and Bastareaud

Marc Lièvremont has drafted François Trinh-Duc and Mathieu Bastareaud into the France squad for Friday's match against Wales

England coach accuses referee of Wales bias

England accuse the world's most experienced Test referee of favouring the grand slam champions Wales during their Six Nations defeat

Wales welcome back Williams as Gatland keeps Henson primed

Wales coach Warren Gatland has Shane Williams back to start their Six Nations match in Paris

Williams returns to Wales team to face France in Paris

The Ospreys wing has recovered from an ankle injury which forced him out of the victory over England

‘Game against England was possibly the hardest ever’

Big interview: Gethin Jenkins on recovering from his toughest encounter and attempting to win the Six Nations