And so we come to the final weekend of Northern Hemisphere v. Southern Hemisphere matches.

The draw for next season's Heineken Cup has been made in Dublin.

Pool One

England have reacted to their thumping by the All Blacks by making six changes, five in the backs, for Saturday's second Test in Christchurch.

The team is:

With four matches today featuring Southern Hemisphere playing Northern hemisphere teams there were hopes that the Northern sides might improve on last weekends dire results.

England have announced their team for the first of two matches against New Zealand this coming Saturday. This is the list:

Comment by Brian Moore in today's Telegraph. It sums up the mess that the IRB are getting into very succinctly.

In the first weekend of the Home countries tours the Southern Hemisphere completed three to nil whitewash.

In a not totally surprising move Leicester have terminated the contract of Head Coach Marcello Lofreda.

I have to declare an interest straight away as I am a Leicester fan but I felt that London Wasps were guilty of extreme sharp practice in last weeks final. Let me elaborate.