this six nations title could be settled on this penultimate weekend. ireland are in the driving seat after three wins while england know another defeat could end their shot ata another defeat could end their shot at a third title in a row. here's joe wilson. in dublin they line—up this way, and defeated ireland versus rejuvenated scotland. both teams should be confident, both are in contention. if ireland win they could beat six nations champions by saturday night. if scotland win, everything seems wide open. the group has confidence but they know how good ireland are and how good we will have to beat to win and will have to be better than we were against england. we're excited to get back on the field, there are i'iei’vous get back on the field, there are nervous and a bit of worry about the threat scotland bring. dublin and

put‘s match will just threat scotland bring. dublin and put‘s match willjust be the start of things, the next rugby approach will come in paris. tea—time kick—off, fragile france versus uncertain england. must beat the england french. they may have to score four tries for our bonus point to stay within sight of ireland. england have made big changes, there isa england have made big changes, there is a new man carrying the captain's responsibility. you try to be aggressive in the right arms, you wa nt to aggressive in the right arms, you want to be clear—headed to make good decisions and i think that's where i have matured over the years but at the same time when the opportunity arises to be aggressive, you have to make sure you are in it. and good france suddenly be brilliant? not even poirot knows, thatjefferson porro. its uncertainty that makes

the six nations. dublin's modern stadium lies near to the river liffey. it twists and turns. we watch and wait. no weekend's rugby has already started and bath are into the final of the anglo welsh cup. they have had some filthy weather this evening. harrison was sent off for the saints in the second half. similarly soggy in the pro“; match we re similarly soggy in the pro“; match were scarlets earned a draw with lei nster were scarlets earned a draw with leinster with the last kick of the game, a darrenjones penalty making it ten all. st helens will take some stopping in super league this season. stopping in super league this season. tonight's victory over warrington wolves is their fifth win out of five. saint scored five tries

against their local rivals including against their local rivals including a hat—trick against mark percival. it's a weekend of football derbies and renewed rivalry for both england and renewed rivalry for both england and scotland. man united against liverpool is the pick of the fixtures in the premier league but the first of the derbies was tonight in at numberfour hibernian beat hearts 2—0. mark allen opened scoring and then jamie hearts 2—0. mark allen opened scoring and thenjamie mclaren put the result beyond doubt. it is the fist time in a row that hibs have beaten hearts at home. it leaves them 12 clear of their edinburgh rivals. as manchester united gansler

lowball, arguably the most fierce rivalry in a mesh football. only two separate them. my job is to prepare my players the best i can for every match. then, a fan is a fan, a professional is a professional and we have to face every match with the same mentality, so for me, i don't bet that not all that enemy, i don't get that match means ten points. no, that match matches three points. and liverpool is a historical rival, yes, but in a positive way. it's the biggest game i can imagine. so, first of all, really looking forward to it, but how it always is in these games, they are difficult as well. we need to be at it ioo%, if not even a few more, to get something that of course, that's the plan. i

think it's a good moment to go there, but it's still an unbelievably difficult moment, man united has outstanding quality. manchester city manager pep guardiola has been fined £20,000 and warned about his future conduct by the fa for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of imprisoned pro—independence politicians in his native catalonia. he was charged with wearing a political message. he is only allowed to wear it before the match and after the match. cuadrilla insists it is not a political symbol but he understands it breaks the fa rules and he will know longer wear it on the touchline. brighton boss chris hughton has become the first back coach to win the premier league manager of the month award. his team had an unbeaten record in february. after beating arsenal in their last game, snap up to tenth in the table. where i think we have managed to do

well, i think we have recruited well in them periods which has just added to what we have had. but also we haven't changed dramatically what we do on the pitch, and if i am looking ata do on the pitch, and if i am looking at a way of playing, we haven't changed it too much, we haven't tried to make it to complicated. british number one johanna konta tried to make it to complicated. british number onejohanna konta has suffered a surprise defeat in the first round at indian wells, beaten bya first round at indian wells, beaten by a teenager in straight sets. johanna konta is the world number 11 but she went 3—0 down early on to the 18—year—old and she could never get control, losing sevensix, 6—4 in the end. next she will go to miami, where she won the tournament last year. rory mcilory‘s masters preparation suffered a set actor after another poor round in florida. he will not be back for the weekend after shooting 73 finish five over par. tiger woods meanwhile is in

contention after his second round 68. tiger woods has not won a tournament since 2013. continuing controversy surrounding team sky and it does not seem to be affecting their race performances after geraint thomas took the lead in the race in italy. he furnished forth on the stage today but it was enough to move him to the top of the overall standings. chris froome is in third place, three seconds behind. before the race got under way chris froome gave his backing to his boss dave brailsford, whose position has been questioned following a critical report by mc is. from the inception of the team back in 2010 there have been a lot of things and procedures which have changed in the team. —— by mps. it is like anything, anything evolves over time, the team started in 2010, eight or nine years the team has been going. naturally

everything is going to evolve. and do you back brailsford completely staying as team principal? yes, yes, i do. team sky are also taking part in the paris nice race but it is not going quite so well, isn't it? the sixth stage was won by the french rider. sanchez retained the overall lead and simon yates is the highest placed briton at the moment. he is 45 seconds off the lead. finally ended in‘s cricketers are taking on new zealand in the deciding one—day international in christchurch. england won the toss and put new zealand into bat. you can keep up to date on the radio and on the website. that is it from sportsday for now. enjoy your sporting weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are historian and daily telegraph writer tim stanley and daily mirror columnist susie boniface. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in... let's take a look at them. the meeting between donald trump and kimjong un leads the ft — with claims it was a snap trump decision. meanwhile the i says the proposed face—to—face meeting has stunned the world. and the white house says donald trump will take a hardline position with north korea, according to the guardian. the search for clues in the investigation into the attempted murder

of the former russian spy and his daughter leads the mirror — with a picture of police at the grave of skripal‘s wife. threats of a cyber war between the uk and russia lead the express. the daily mail warns that parking charges could rise by up to 45% in some areas as councils try to manage their budgets. the sun leads with reports that actress liz hurley has returned to the uk after her nephew was reportedly stabbed. so, the meeting between kimjong—un and donald trump takes centre stage in most of the papers along with the spy in most of the papers along with the spy story from salisbury. starting with the daily mirror, and this stark image, it says, poisoned spy, clues from the grave, saying that police have examined the graves of skripal! wife and sun amid fears

that they were poisoned. we have not heard that information efficiently but there is a lot of speculation about the death of other members of his family? that's right. and before we came on susie was providing a very good explanation of why they might have gone to this particular graves. the problem is that we know so graves. the problem is that we know so very little about what is going on, so all we have is a series of dramatic images of police officers in these ridiculous chemical suits and tents ove rg razed. in these ridiculous chemical suits and tents overgrazed. they're not talking about eggs you mean anybody is as yet, because that would be a publicly and the coroner would have to be involved. what they are doing is examining the grave, because sergei skripal's daughter is known to have visited him because it was the anniversary of her brother's death. they are known or expected to have visited his brave on the anniversary of his death and his mother is also buried nearby. so they are examining those graves to

try to find the way by which the nerve agent was administered but was it in some flowers, was it on the grave, was it something they touched oreight, oras grave, was it something they touched or eight, or as they have done in the restaurant and the pub, how did the restaurant and the pub, how did the agent get onto them? it is an incredibly hard thing to establish, presumably. it could be anywhere? exactly. and these images are going to be quite alarming to the people living in salisbury. i have been thinking while all of this were going on, if this were america, a honour would have called a press conference by now to explain to us in great deal what is taking place. there could be lots of reasons why thatis there could be lots of reasons why that is not going on but until then come it looks like chernobyl. some of these images are quite frightening because they are going to, it paces. we are reassured that because these agents tend to degrade, they pose no threat to the public. they are trying to find the

source of it so that they can figure out what was going on. one reason why they might not be leading us through the evidence, as we might expect, could be because they are living it up to the politicians to ta ke living it up to the politicians to take charge of that, because this is after a ll take charge of that, because this is after all likely to be a political story as well as a criminal investigation. nevertheless we are left trying to piece together for ourselves what is going on from the little we are told and the images that we see. and i think that when all this is over some people are going to raise concerns about the fa ct going to raise concerns about the fact that the public has not been kept as informed as we might want to be. and the fact that the military have been sent into salisbury, seeing that, although it might be to try to reassure people... on the contrary! it is the military who in recent yea rs contrary! it is the military who in recent years in afghanistan and iraq have had the most expertise in chemical weapons and nerve agents, so chemical weapons and nerve agents, so that is why they are there, because they're the experts are. but the history of politicians getting

bricked first in these kind of cases is patchy and bad. there is a political element to this but it is a crime. and part of what these guys are doing probably is, as they did with alexander litvinenko, trying to trace the polonium—210, across london and into hotels and eventually to the teapot itself, thatis eventually to the teapot itself, that is what they did and they will be trying to do the same thing around salisbury, trying to find the traces of where the nerve agent might have been so that they can pin it on to one individual who was in one of those places at various times. but frankly if it is that safe and it has degraded, why do these guys have to wear these suits? is it because they are afraid their faces are going to melt off? and if thatis faces are going to melt off? and if that is the case then it is not as safe as they're saying. so tim is right. seeing as we are all aware that it right. seeing as we are all aware thatitis right. seeing as we are all aware that it is very likely russia, there is no political reason why they

cannot give us more information, as they would do if it was anybody else, let's face it. it is reasonable to infer that the reason why one might use a nerve agent like this is to create panic and to send a message. it is frightening to think that because somebody routinely goes to a grave once a year one might put the agent on that grave and kill them that way, it's really quite frightening. these visuals underscore that message. do you think this could be extended? we had mps this week calling for the opening of the investigation into 1a other cases. talking about a number of other people who have come from russia and who have died and people say it was supposed to be natural courses but some people are saying it needs to be reopened?” courses but some people are saying it needs to be reopened? i suspect so.