the stoop. we are live at the stoop tonight, just across the road from twickenham, the home of harlequins is hosting a charity match between england legends and ireland legends. we arejust over we are just over the road from twickenham, where the final round of matches in this year's championship will take place. harlequins are hosting an england legends against ireland legends match this evening to get some early bragging rights and perhaps before the grand slam decided tomorrow. we will speak to a couple of the players later in the programme. but ireland's class of 2018 will surely achieve legendary status with one more win, and what would be only their third grand slam. england will be going all—out to stop them. wales and scotland will be looking to sign off on a high, too, after a bruising and brilliant six weeks of the six nations. surely the 2018 ireland side will become legends if they can beat eddiejones‘s become legends if they can beat eddie jones‘s england and become legends if they can beat eddiejones‘s england and complete a red grand slam. we will be checking in with the wales and scotland camps as well, a championship that has been bruising and bullion for the past six weeks. —— and brilliant.

for the corner... a try for wales stop law ireland have stolen the game! johnny may is going to win the race! no try! there's going to be an interception, and it will be a fanfare in dublin! what a score! buries the try for ireland. a dry sean lee... —— there is the try. and it is a try awarded. france have beaten england. ireland are crowned

champions of the six nations. well, those are just some of the highlights of the last four rounds. i've beenjoined by one of highlights of the last four rounds. i've been joined by one of the players, one of the england legends, mark white of. you put in some hard yards for england over the years. england legends against ireland legends, these legends matches raise a lot of money for charities. yes, that's the reason we are here, we are supporting two or three fantastic 30. it's brilliant that typically in a rugby environment, whenever the lads or asked for a helping hand, they are all really keen to get involved. it's having a bit of fun on the pitch, it's an opportunity to get the boots back on. we can see how fit you all are! 0r on. we can see how fit you all are! or not! it's all about raising as much as we can. there will be a few

social beers afterwards, which will be nice. and a few beforehand, which doesn't bode well! sympatric state tomorrow, it's been all about ireland, which have got stronger and stronger as i will think patrick day four is the england have gone backwards as the tournament has progressed. what have you made of the championship when you look at those two teams? you rewind to the start of the new year, you know, the six nations was all about ireland and england and everybody thought that this was going to be a huge match in a grand slam decider. you know, unfortunately for england we haven't sort of kicked on like maybe weeks acted we would. you know, prior to the six nations, it was 20 wins from 21 fixed does, which is an incredible run of form, really. let's just have a look at the table as it stands after four matches. ireland up there or 19 points,

nobody can catch them. it was a slight anti—climax. they have experienced what england did last year, it's a completely flip situation. england will be looking to scupper their grand slam plans. situation. england will be looking to scupper their grand slam planslj went to scupper their grand slam plans.” went there in 2011 with a six nations win under our belt, we were going for the grand slam and ireland hadn't played well and they turned us over hadn't played well and they turned us over and spoiled our party exactly as they did last year in 2017. so, it's probably a bit of payback come and i'm sure that's been mentioned this week in the build—up in the england camp. been mentioned this week in the build-up in the england camp. the idea of them losing three in a row, you can think that, could you? a hat—trick and they are a very different beast. this eddiejones tea m different beast. this eddiejones team have not lost at twickenham —— at twickenham they are a different beast. they have an incredible record. the crowd will get behind them. it is a must win game for this group of players. it seems crazy to think that the pressure is on them the way it is, we've talked about

their win record. 0nly today, looking at sky sports news in the tea m looking at sky sports news in the team rumour that, you know, eddie jones's wrote saying he feels under pressure. “— jones's wrote saying he feels under pressure. —— in the team room. i'm confident in the home crowd, it's a must win game for us. stay with us. all bbc channels are available, it is across the bbc and the bbc sport website. mark was talking about the pressure. eddiejones says they thrive on it. they've crumbled on it over the past couple of matches. let's year from the island camp about how they are getting ready for about how they are getting ready for a possible grand slam. we have to treat it like just another game —— the ireland camp. everyone is aware of the significance it has for irish rugby and this group of players. but, yeah, there's no energy. also it's very, very exciting. —— nervous energy. you want to pitch yourself against the best teams and you want

to put yourself against the best teams in the northern hemisphere and put yourself in a position to win things. it's always pressure, whether you win or lose. that's being involved in national rugby, the expectation of international teams is high. everybody wants to see the team went, no exceptions. it's how you handle the pressure. the pressure's not the point, it's how you handle the pressure. and i think the team have handled it really well. they have stuck to the task, the process. mark, seven changes for england. new faces in there, ten changes in all with a couple of positional switches. it's either going to be inspired to finish on a high, or... how do you read that? a couple of changes forced through injury. dylan hartley is in and fit. he is the captain. courtney lawes has been forced out through injury, unfortunately. you've had other selections. richard

wigglesworth put in there, maybe. ten yea rs wigglesworth put in there, maybe. ten years after his last start in the six nations, incredible, at the age of 30. you let you know, he's a good mate of mine and i'm chuffed to bits for him. he's always worked ha rd bits for him. he's always worked hard on his game, and he's obviously very familiar with 0wen farrell at ten as well, i'm sure the experience they have got from playing club rod be together for so long is key in that selection as well —— club rod. i like the balance in the midfield bit more, with te'o at 12 and jonathanjoseph bit more, with te'o at 12 and jonathan joseph at 13. hopefully bit more, with te'o at 12 and jonathanjoseph at 13. hopefully if we can get some dos and balls with the back three that we have got, you know —— some decent balls. we talked about going over to france and moving the big forward pack around, questions over the french fitness, getting the ball to the back three and putting temporal and speed in the game, but we never did that. hopefully that will be focused this weekend. battle for second, four

teams could do it. scotland, very improbable, they would have to have all sorts of unlikely results. but if ireland do the grand slam and it's between wales and france, what a match that should be in cardiff to end this championship so pelle yes, and again, nobody really saw it coming, did they? the french national side has been so... sort of poon national side has been so... sort of poor, you know, the last three or four years, nobody really knew, you know, wales have had so many injuries. at the start of the six nations they were missing eight. injuries. at the start of the six nations they were missing eightm was the scarlets they put out, basically, against everybody else. massive credit to the welsh. they area massive credit to the welsh. they are a passionate nation, they are a number leave paul rudd and team. if they finish in second place —— they area they finish in second place —— they are a passionate nation. you have got to pat them on the back. hang on one second, let's now hear from the welsh camps and the scottish camp as well. scotland, who started this

championship ugly, are looking to sign off with a big win in italy. —— who started this championship at least up a you look at the narrow loss to ireland and the performance they put on their was a standard performance. you had to win a game with a last—minute drop goal and lose it that way, it's testament to how far they've come. there's a lot of changes for one reason or another throughout the campaign. would you see some of the players they have and the form they have at the minute. i don't know whether it's the monkey off their back, but getting that french side home and away is very dangerous, and it looks like that's one stop all we know it's going to be a tough game. we are also looking at winning. they are also looking at winning. they are playing at home, they've showed signs in parts of the game they can be very good. we know they're playing with commitment. they'll playing with commitment. they'll play a brand of drug by that stretches us, because they move the ball wide —— a brand of rob. and they've got some very good individuals. so, italy, scotland, wales against france. but the big

one, ireland going for the grand slam. if they can beat england. acquit prediction, mark? my head is saying that ireland will come here and win the game, but my heart is saying that england can pull it out the back and deny ireland, like they have done to us a couple of times, and get a good home when. see if you can geta and get a good home when. see if you can get a win for england legends tonight against ireland legends. bank you forjoining us on this six nations balls though. —— on this six nations balls though. —— on this six nations sportsday. plenty more coming up in six nations sportsday... the womens six nations will be decided tonight. england's women are playing right now, and have to win to keep the tournament alive. and we'll hear from this man... hello, i'm ian robertson, ishall look forward enormously this weekend to doing the commentary on the final big match, england against ireland. in the meantime, i'm delighted to invite you to look back at one or two very special memories from my career. that's well worth waiting for later

in six nations sportsday. it's all about the irish at the cheltenham festival. lizzie greenwood—hughes is there for us. gold cup day, the irish still the party, lizzie? well, no, they didn't, after all of that talk of the irish or weak and let's visit they have done pretty well at cheltenham, but after all of their success, in the end the big one came down to an epic duel between the two favourites from england. i'm delighted to say i enjoyed by a winning jockey today. harriet tucker, won forfox hunters. we will talk a bit about harriet and her racing in a minute. first the ball, talk through the gold cup. it was a brilliant gold cup, wasn't it? he

jumped amazingly in the race. it was just a dramatic gold cup. the jumping native river was some of the best gold cup jumping jumping native river was some of the best gold cupjumping i've ever seen. he jumped best gold cupjumping i've ever seen. hejumped class, i couldn't believe it, he took on everything like it was a and justjumped so well. as a jockey, how difficult is it for you to trust your horse, to know it's going to keep on reading and have the stamina to see it to the end. we trust them, hopefully they will trust us. you know, and just perform well for us and be as brave as they can be, to take on everything as it comes. nicky henderson trying to make history as the first trainer to win the big three in the same festival. how much do you think the soft, heavy ground made the difference? it is very testing ground. to be honest, native river had really well to stay in front and keep the whole way round, he'sjust a front and keep the whole way round, he's just a tremendous wars, absolute class. his trainer, colin tizzard, described him as a gorgeous

horse. a first win in the gold cup for him, a second for his jockey, richard johnson. his first was 18 yea rs richard johnson. his first was 18 years ago. richard johnson was brilliant on that horse. i don't think many gold cup winners make all the running and do all the jumping. but you see him sitting the jumps up, six strides out. that is a long stride, and the horse would come every time. and he's away from a fence very quickly as well. in racing... that's very important. and he stays very well. i'm a bit speechless now, to be honest. i realise that, the first time i realised how amazing he was and how ha rd realised how amazing he was and how hard it is, you know, 18 years later you realise just get one of these forces to ride let alone to win the races is very difficult. do have a horse like that that jumps so well, travels, again, when you ask him, he just finds more. you need a brave horse as well as a good horse.

again, it's fantastic. they want to save the day. they are hard to come by. make the most of it. well, as the rain comes down here at cheltenham, harriet, as someone who has won here at cheltenham, why is this such a wonderful festival to win at? it is like a childhood dream coming here. you've got to compete against the irish, and they have stormed the festival so far. to come here and absolutely smashed the fox hunters is amazing, like a childhood dream completely. we need to tell eve ryo ne dream completely. we need to tell everyone about harriet smashing the fox hunters, she dislocated her shoulders in the race and still managed to win it! how much pain we you in and how did you do it?” managed to win it! how much pain we you in and how did you do it? i had dislocated so i could put it back m, dislocated so i could put it back in, iwas dislocated so i could put it back in, i was in a lot of pain. as i was going up, i had to push it back in. it wasn't quite going. i could see the nose of the other horse coming up the nose of the other horse coming up as i'd me, i was like, come on, keep going. he kept fighting and we managed to win, it was amazing.

maybe one day we will see a female jockey winning the gold cup. harriet tocco, remembering the name. we have had record crowds or weeks ago harriet takhar. the racing has been amazing. let's get to the bbc‘s fault centre where hugh ferris has the rest of today's sport. —— the bbc sports centre. usually we spent most of our time looking ahead, but enough has happened to date to fill a huge programme! first to the draw for the champions league quarterfinals. united conspicuous by their absence. fitting that their two against rivals odd one together. liverpool will play manchester city in the last eight. the games are in april. the first time at anfield. it is the first meeting of english sides since 2011. a fascinating draw. manchester cityjust sides since 2011. a fascinating draw. manchester city just two sides since 2011. a fascinating draw. manchester cityjust two wins from the premier league title. they

are rating that are riding high in the premier league. liverpool are the premier league. liverpool are the only team to beat them so far this season in the league. it was 4-3 at this season in the league. it was 11—3 at anfield injanuary, a game full of incidents and injury. the previous match at the yeti had in septemberfinished 5—0 previous match at the yeti had in september finished 5—0 to manchester city. —— at the etihad. 21 point separate them in the premier league at the moment, but that hasn't put offjurgen klopp. he has a fantastic record against pep guardiola, the only manager to have a winning record against him of those who have played him ten times. i didn't think, oh, that's a big chance, i knew it will be difficult, and that's difficult. the good news is, for man city it is difficult as well. i saw their faces after the draw, it didn't look like it was christmas and easter on the same day! it's hard work. that's good. because it's the last eight in europe. if that would be easy, some people would be wrong. with all of

the teams they could have faced, liverpool and manchester city get a draw that will take them about 30 miles along the m60 two. let's move to spain where we can find two teams with more of a distance between them. three la liga clubs involved. barcelona, thanks to lionel messi, have drawn rome. real madrid against juventus is a battle that repeats last year's final. that the only time that real madrid have beaten juventus in a knockout tie. the legendaryjuventus goalkeeper juventus in a knockout tie. the legendary juventus goalkeeper has never won this competition. he is retiring at the end of the season. so, that spain. the third spanish tea m so, that spain. the third spanish team are travelling to germany. and what a german team they will be facing. ryan munich against savile. —— sevilla. bayern will be strong favourites to go through to the semifinals. the manager has won the

champions league twice before, including of course with bayern munich. the last time he was in charge. we end with the europa league draw. arsenal have drawn cska moscow, the first tie to come out of the hat. it will make headlines at a time of strained relations between britain and russia, of course. arsenal on the field will be delighted to avoid the likes of the favourites, atletico madrid. all of that happening without this guy... manchester united and jose mourinho not involved today. and he launched a12 not involved today. and he launched a 12 minute defence of his club being knocked out by sevilla this week. the performance criticised, he ra nted week. the performance criticised, he ranted on interrupted at a press conference using notes to back—up point about united's recent record in europe and the premier league, which he claims should put their defeat to sevilla in a different light. i'm not going to cry because i heard some booing, i'm not going

to disappearfrom i heard some booing, i'm not going to disappear from the tunnel running immediately. the next match, i will be the first to go out. when i was 20 years old, i was nobody in football, you know? and now, with 55, iam football, you know? and now, with 55, i am what i am, i did what i did, because of work, because of my talent, and because of my mentality. i could be in another country with a league in the pocket, the kind of league in the pocket, the kind of league that you win even before the league that you win even before the league starts. i could be. i'm not, i'm here. part of an un-did 12 minute run from jose mourinho. —— and uninterrupted. jose mourinho coming out fighting there. he was speaking ahead of manchester united's fa cup quarterfinal tie with brighton at old trafford tomorrow night. that's realistically now united's only chance of silverware. that's one of two ties tomorrow. swa nsea ta ke on tottenha m in the lunchtime kick—off at the liberty stadium. both games on sunday are live on bbc one. first up, it's wigan against southampton, and that's followed by leicester against chelsea. great britain's snowboarders all missed out on medals in their winter paralympic banked slalom events this morning.

another day to forget for ben moore, james barnes—miller and owen pick, after they failed to make the podium in the boarder cross earlier in the week. paralympics gb have five medals in pyeongchang, behind the uk sport target of 6—12 with just two days of competiton left. i'm gutted, you know. this was kind of my event. i came here to do well. i'm upset. but there's nothing i can do about it now. i can't change what happened. i did whatever i could. it just wasn't enough this time. not long left of the paralympics, and also not long left of the six nations. that's joined and also not long left of the six nations. that'sjoined by foster.l triple bill to round things off in the six nations tomorrow. welcome back to the stoop, where england legends are playing ireland legends in a charity match next hour. see who can get some early bragging rights in ahead of the match tomorrow. much more at stake in

the women's six nations tonight. it will be france or england. 0nly france or england can win it, and the red roses have to beat ireland at the ricoh arena in coventry. england are playing right now that, a fantastic crowd. there's a record crowd there for a women's match in england. close to 9,000 — twice as many in france last weekend, when england lost by a point to the french. england have been so strong against the irish and headed for a three, 19—6 up. france will win the championship and the grand slam if they beat wales in colwyn bay. they are currently playing their game the welsh. they are winning as well, very handsomely. it looks as though france are going to be headed for the title. let's bring in one of the island legends for tonight, shane byrne. 41 tries for yourself in ireland collars. just tell us about the women's six nations championship there, it's gone down to the final round of matches, it looks as though the french will do the clean sweep and win the grand

slam. it's amazing the way it's come down to the last weekend england we re down to the last weekend england were fighting hard. it looks unfortunately like they're getting the best of the irish, but france are very strong this year and it looks like they will finish it off. we will talk about the main event in just a moment. scotland play italy on sunday. scotland's women are in italy and play on sunday. that could decide who gets the wooden spoon. certainly no wooden spoon for ian robertson. still at the top of his game, but after [io—odd years behind the microphone for the bbc, this is his final year, which means that tomorrow will be his final six nations match. he played in a couple for scotland, too, and he's been sharing some of his tournament memories with our correspondentjoe wilson. ian, thanks for having us round. where are we going to start your six nations highlights? one little highlight for me in my whole very average international career was a wales — scotland match in cardiff in 1970, when jb williams wales — scotland match in cardiff in 1970, whenjb williams made a very, very, very ramis date, and instead

of kicking to touch he has the ball and he chips are tired, as if he's going to run —— a rare mistake. i got it, and i link with young, my scrum—half partner at my club. then i get it back, a little dummy. i think they need to speed this up a bit, really! no celebrations! why aren't they hugging and kissing you?! we didn't do that in those days! we now have a scotland victory, and a famous one. 1984, the back of the line—out, set move to jim caldwell. he touched down having sprinted a whole metre. he crossed the line, woodings scotland on their way to the grand slam in 1984 —— putting scotland. yen, we are going to go forward another 15 years now. where are we and what year are we at? we are here for1999. and where are we and what year are we at? we are here for 1999. and it's a wales home game at wembley. they

we re wales home game at wembley. they were rebuilding their stadium, so they chose wembley. scott knibbs crashes through, i was doing the commentary. as he gets to the line, after that, i was similar to the television commentary, but at this point, i veered off that stage left and said... and scott gibbs scores the try, which means with a conversion to come that scotland will be the five nations champions in 1999 will be the five nations champions in1999 and will be the five nations champions in 1999 and forever more, as this is the last five nations! a great privilege to do it. but it's very easy tuesday absolutely unbiased. you describe what you actually see. —— very easy to stay unbiased. with the exception of the scott gibbs try, i don't think i have ever put a twist on that would be unfavourable to either team. you just give it the full volume. and when it's exciting, you're excited and the commentary is good. shane byrne is still with me. i introduced you as 41 tries for

ireland, i'll give you 41 caps. that would be a world record for a hygge! we heard ian robertson providing generations of professional players a soundtrack to their careers. absolutely, and unbelievable scottish commentator, his boys will be missed, there's no doubt about that. how is he going to call tomorrow's match of the road at twickenham but we are looking at, england can't play as badly as they have in the last two games. they are going to play well, they are back in hq firing all guns blazing. i still think it would take ireland to mess up, and! think it would take ireland to mess up, and i don't they will. you were in the 2004 team that beat the unbeatable england. they hadn't been beaten at twickenham for five years, but you did it. how sweet will it be for this class of 2018 if they can achieve it? it was absolutely amazing for a great occasion for us. ireland were on an upward curve, such an important time for us. these quys such an important time for us. these guysin such an important time for us. these guys in calm, single—minded, there's a real ambition within the squad.

they haven't played perfectly throughout the six nations, but they haven't panicked. they've got control of the game as quickly as they can. it might take a bit of time. i expect them to do that tomorrow, slowly get control of the game and darts squeezing england out. a couple of survivors, rory best and rob connie from 2009. a long wait for that one. what does it ta ke to long wait for that one. what does it take to achieve the grand slam, to maintain that concentration, that drive, for six weeks? all this week, joe schmidt would have been talking about mental, getting their heads right. the physical work is already done, this is about getting your head ina done, this is about getting your head in a great position to go and win this, because it's a huge thing. the third opportunity we've had. 0nly done it twice before. this will be fantastic. shane byrne is, many thanks. that is it for this evening. a triple bill of rugby tomorrow, it will be a fantastic weekend whatever sport you're watching. that's just about it for this six nations sportsday. a triple bill of rugby tomorrow. don't forget sportsday tomorrow at 6:30pm and 7:30pm on bbc news, with a full round—up

of all the day's headlines. will we be talking about an irish grand slam? we will be watching twickenham with eagle eye is. —— with the guys. they had to wait 61 years for the last one. goodnight. # i've been waiting my whole life # i've been waiting my whole life # and now it's do—or—die # commentator: he gives the try! what a start to the second half by ireland! what a start for ireland! 0ne fry leads to another! —— one try. goal attempt, here he goes! he's done it! there are going to win the grand slam. the first in 61 years. hello once again. the story of the

weekend's weather is in winter's tale. we are back where we were a few weeks ago. if you have seen any spring warmth and sunshine of late, forget all about that, it is no, i is an potential disruption, starting as early as tonight. a band of snow tumbles its way from the eastern side of scotland and the north east of england down towards the southern half of written, wintry showers aplenty as the night—time temperatures tumble away. a raw start of the new day on saturday. i'm showing you here, snow showers only, no cloud. if you asked the sub max ian white, these are snow showers —— if you are seeing white. it will feel so much colder than of late. temperatures barely above freezing in one or two spots. add in the strength of the wind and it will feel like —6, —7 or minus eight. at

that stage, saturday afternoon onwards into sunday, the met office have these amber warnings. and ice. —— for snow and ice. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven: police launch a murder inquiry into the death of another russian exile in london. police are guarding his house. they say there is nothing to link his death to the poisoning of the former russian spy, sergei skripal. with mr skripal and his daughter still critical in hospital, the foreign secretary blames vladimir putin for the attack. 0ur quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision. we think it overwhelmingly likely it was his decision. cunning and devious — how police describe the 18—year—old convicted of attempted murder, following the london tube bombing. it's emerged ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme at the time. former south african president jacob zuma is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption, in connection with an arms deal. biting back at britain —

warnings over snow and high winds as freezing temperatures return. also this hour, rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors