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welcome to sportsday. we are live in edinburgh ahead of round two of the six national and at murrayfield tomorrow it is the calcutta cup, the old est tomorrow it is the calcutta cup, the oldest trophy in rugby history. both scotla nd oldest trophy in rugby history. both scotland and england are smarting from their opening losses. and i'm in dublin where the six nations grand slam is still very much on the table as ireland host wales. and i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, also coming up in the programme... out for weeks, manchester city's raheem sterling is in a race be fit for real madrid at the end of the month. great britain are battling to reach the fed cup finals, but they've lost their first rubber away in slovakia. and we hear from the west ham women's captain, and how talking has helped her

tackle her mental health issues. hello and welcome to sportsday. we are live in edinburgh ahead of round two of the six national, the action is coming thick and fast. in this brilliant competition, we are live in my side, glorious and dry evening but a cold one. there is a storm forecast for tomorrow and on the pitch, things are borrowing. plenty of fighting talk in the build—up to scotland hosting england in the calcutta cup at murrayfield tomorrow. tonight, the under 20s of both those nations will take each other on. on sunday, the women's tea m other on. on sunday, the women's team will face off. let's hear from

the men's camp as we kick things off. the scottish captain, stuart hogg, but first, the england head coach, eddiejones hogg, but first, the england head coach, eddie jones has hogg, but first, the england head coach, eddiejones has been speaking to our rugby union correspondent, chrisjones. scotla nd scotland are always a difficult opponent at murrayfield, look at the history of the games. they will try to distract, they will try to do things to put us off our game but we need to make sure we're on our game. did they do that two years ago? they are busy did, they got the result. but they do anything particular to get under the england players‘ skin? as you know, there was an incident in the tunnel and we need to make sure we don‘t get distracted by those things. is that easier said than done for a player in the tunnel, if he gets a nudge, not to react? it is always difficult but if you want to be in murrayfield, you need to focus on what is important. is there something different at murrayfield compared to other grounds? and at home? traditionally, the six national, that is one of the great early years of the

competition. it is so hard to win away from home and we saw on sunday, 80,000 french people, i‘ve never seen such a passionate french crowd. in the years i‘ve been there since 2001. they full of expectation, passionate about their team and they created an unbelievable atmosphere —— they were full of. an houra an hour a day, we can beat anyone. we saw that with england a couple of years ago and new zealand a couple of years ago as well. there's a huge amount of talent within the squad. asi amount of talent within the squad. as i say, if we can nail our detail and give ourselves every opportunity of winning, i am looking forward to it. plenty of fighting talk from both camps in the build—up. i have two wonderful guests to talk all things scotla nd wonderful guests to talk all things scotland against england in the calcutta cup. a man very familiar with this fixture, pa rt part of the grand slam winning team backin part of the grand slam winning team back in 1990 and scored a wonderful try on that day as well and rugby

union correspondent, chris jones, doing that interview with eddie jones wejust heard. doing that interview with eddie jones we just heard. from your point of view, how big is the calcutta cup asa of view, how big is the calcutta cup as a fixture within the six national? i didn't realise how big it was, i have been living here for 32 years and it is huge. you can win one game in the six national and thatis one game in the six national and that is enough as long as it is against england like andy nichols did. winning against england is the big one. it will be a cracking contest tomorrow with two teams both losing in the first round. eddie jones doing scotland a favour by the way he‘s been talking. jones doing scotland a favour by the way he's been talking. doing ourjob for us. that is it, chris, there‘s been so much talk in the build—up. some people are wondering about some of the term is used, war, battle, hate. some of the language you could argue planning difficult but it is pa rt of argue planning difficult but it is part of it. my dad strongly dislikes the england rugby team but he is welsh and married to an english woman with four children born and

raised in england. he lives in england and loves england but doesn't like the english rugby team. that is what the six national is about, the opportunity for scotland and wales, smaller countries with fewer resources, to knock england off their perch. scots are saying that this week and plays for england are saying it is not you guys with the monopoly on the passion. —— players for england. i am looking forward to another fantastic calcutta clash and these games are getting tighter. throughout the 20005, 2010 getting tighter. throughout the 2000s, 2010 onwards, england winning most of them but there is more jeopardy in this fixture. particularly the last two from a scottish point of view. such a great showings. i know you can‘t tell, it is only one fixture so far, but there is more toughness and resilience to this scottish side. they are not as naive when they are in winning positions, is this a new approach from gregor townsend? they wa nt to approach from gregor townsend? they want to maintain the attacking edge but defensively, steve isn‘t going to —— is going to get stuck into

them. they have an edge. they played like ireland. not giving any room, making a really difficult situation, getting the ball, the irish were frustrated. we have the attacking edge and i would like to see that tomorrow if the weather stays half decent. it is about scotland being positive and i am excited to see quys positive and i am excited to see guys like blaircan, positive and i am excited to see guys like blair can, adam hastings at ten did a good job. i have known adam since he was knee—high to a grasshopper. he is a talented sportsman and he played really well last week. he will be targeted this week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddiejones? week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddie jones?m week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddie jones? if luke cowan—dickie had been available, his partner went into labour yesterday, he is not playing. he could have made more than five changes. manner to allegri out injured. that is eddie jones acknowledging it wasn't good enough in paris. when england lose, jones says it is one game, the world cup final was explained away as one game, world cup finals, things like that happen but now he

is saying in the need to back up their ideas from paris. more of a power game. more forwards on the bench and in the event, that is where england will try to hurt scotland. storm ciara is on the way. the storm is coming! we will let you away shortly because you will be involved in the under 20s match, thank you. chris, you will be back with us shortly but let‘s get across to dublin. there is also another big fixture before the scotland — england game on saturday. ireland are hosting wales and our reporter, austen halewood, is there with us. two new coaches and they kicked off their new era with two wins, what will happen tomorrow, austin? they did indeed, sarah. grand slam, the six national grand slam is alive in dublin with ireland and wales winning their opening fixtures and the new head coaches at both teams and both with their first wins in the bank in the six nations. andy farrell in dublin was number two last year when it was a really

disappointing season for irish by. disappointing season for irish rugby. he has taken over now, he is the head coach of a team for the first time, whether at club or international level. a huge challenge for him. throughout his playing days, particularly in rugby league, he was always this inspirational leader on the field. i have been to meet some of his former team—mates to ask them exactly made him so special. commentator: andy farrell‘s ireland are up and running. the start all coaches dream of. first match, first to win. 2019 was a year to forget for irish rugby but now, andy farrell is the man tasked with taking them back to the very top. but farrell‘s road to lansdowne road and dublin started across the irish sea at ogle saintjames is in wigan asa sea at ogle saintjames is in wigan as a junior playing rugby league. she came down, he did one training session and then we played a game against another local team. he

scored two tries and kicked about six goals including one at me enough off the touchline. he was ten. he did things at 11 and 12 that advocates couldn‘t do at 15 and 16. from a young prospect, farrell became a rugby league legend with wigan warriors after making his debut at 16, he went on to win six championships and four challenge cups with his hometown club, even captaining great britain atjust 21. he was always trying to improve everyone and himself. he hated losing that he was always a serious person, when he was talking about by person, when he was talking about rugby league and how to improve the team. he was really strong and had a strong voice but his biggest asset was the ability to get people up to play in the big games as we did. he is not the only six nations coach to have learned the trade in this small town in lancashire. alongside farrell, france defence coach shaun edwards played more than a50 times for the warriors. there must be something in the water. you see

certain traits in people. someone says is it something about wigan? there's something in that. i don't know whether it's our industrious past or history but it ingrained is a culture in people. a toughness, mental toughness. that these power roles, it allows people to excel in. from age—group rugby to captaining his country, farrell has always been a winner and now, a whole new nation will be desperate for him to do it all over again. yes, he really does have a big job on his hands because irish rugby fa ns on his hands because irish rugby fans are used to the high life in recent yea rs. fans are used to the high life in recent years. they went into the world cup as a number—one ranked side and in 2018, two years ago, they beat the all blacks on this very pitch behind me but something went badly wrong in 2019. earlier today, i met the former ireland captain,jamie today, i met the former ireland captain, jamie heaslip to ask and what needs to change and what exactly is farrell going to bring? you know he‘s been there and he‘s

been there in two different codes and been a leaderfrom a very been there in two different codes and been a leader from a very young age. and he‘s picked up a lot on the way but you know when you‘re getting a message from him, you know he‘s been there. that‘s actually quite rare ina been there. that‘s actually quite rare in a lot of coaches. not all of them... a good percentage of them haven‘t played top tier professional by. haven‘t played top tier professional rugby. he has, he‘s done it. he‘s been that guy who got picked and not picked. and he has been injured. you know, he‘s been in the players‘ shoes a lot. how do you think it's going to affect the welsh team, more attacking? yeah, it's very hard to tell after one game. he probably had literally fired, may be six pitch sessions with these guys and you can see with some of the players he‘s picked this week, tomkins in at 13, putting george back on the wing, he has players for that kind of back line pulling the strings. very

dangerous attack orientated back line. wales haven't won in ireland in the six nations for eight years, how confident will ireland be going into this against wales? they will be confident in their ability, ok? but they will respect the opposition. wales will know they possibly weren‘t pushed but they have a lot in the tank and will think we were lucky, we better up our game. you hope where they meet in the middle from an irish perspective is that they kind of win out a little bit more. but the one thing i do know, from playing in these games and watching them, a wales — ireland game be it in the millennium stadium or aviva stadium, it is an absolute belter. it really is going to be a huge game, isn‘t it, sarah? wales coming into this game on the back of that thumping win over italy, but they haven‘t won here in dublin for eight years in the six nations. the manager says it will be the greatest test of his managerial

career so greatest test of his managerial career so far. they will have seen ireland play scotland last week and they weren‘t that convincing. wales are coming here smelling blood. plenty of questions for the ireland team. austin halewood in dublin, thank you. welcome back to edinburgh, the under 20s for england and scotland getting set for kick off in their match this evening. before we head back to the studio, a domestic line of rugby news, chris jones, the rugby union correspondent can bring us up to date about saracens. going from bad to worse. when we are old and grey or in my case, older and greyer, this hasn‘t been a good season for saracens we will say. it never rains but it pours. they are in trouble with european rugby because when they played racing 92 a few weeks ago, one of their players, his work permit had expired the day before. saracens are in the dock for fielding an ineligible player. there is no precedent. this is not a

european rugby decision, they have handed it to an independent panel. it is out of european rugby‘s hands and if saracens were to get a points deduction, they would go out of europe, glasgow would come in, the seedings would change in the quarter final fixture set in stone would be ripped up and we would have a whole new set. we have said it so many times with saracens this season, what a mess. we wait and wait, the disciplinary hearing is ongoing. we are constantly waiting. you will keep us up—to—date. are constantly waiting. you will keep us up-to-date. i will try! we appreciate your time for the moment, chrisjones. appreciate your time for the moment, chris jones. let‘s appreciate your time for the moment, chrisjones. let‘s head back to the very warm studio. i‘m sure for the rest of the day‘s sports news. thanks, sarah, we will be back with you very shortly. there are only four premier league fixtures this weekend as some clubs go on their winter breaks. manchester city face west ham on sunday, but there‘ll be no raheem sterling. he picked up a hamstring injury last weekend during their defeat at spurs. his manager says he could be

out for weeks so he‘s a doubt for the league game against leicester on the 22nd when they come back from their break. they also play real madrid at the end of the month in the last 16 of the champions league. injuries to key players has been a theme at city this season. he it‘s a problem. it was a problem the first six months last year. it isa the first six months last year. it is a problem, four orfive months with laporte but it is what it is. this happens unfortunately, especially for the players. here are the other fixtures this weekend. everton are at home to crystal palace. watford can move out of the releagtion zone with a win at brighton. huge game for bournemouth, two poinst above the relegtion zone. they go to sheffield united, who are having a brilliant season in sixth. the west ham united women‘s captain gilly flaherty has publicly revealed for the first time that she tried to take her own life 11 years ago. speaking to the bbc she has urged others struggling with mental health issues to find someone to talk to. jo currie reports.

i‘ll never go down that road again and i‘m a lot stronger. never in the 11 years since then, i‘ve never once considered taking my life again. i know now if i went back and felt that way, i would talk to my mum and dad. i would talk to my mum and dad, i would talk to my sister, i would talk to my partner about everything. you need to find that person, whether that be your close family and friends, someone you feel more comfortable talking to away from it, but you have to talk. great britain‘s fed cup team are in bratislava. if they beat slovakia then they will qualify for the new—look 12 team finals in april but they didn‘t make the best of starts on the clay. heather watson, ranked 7a in the world, lost in straight sets to anna karolina schmiedlova, who is just inside the top 200. watson is the highest ranked british player in the absence ofjohanna konta who has opted out of fed cup tennis to manage a knee problem. on court now is harriet dart

against the slovakian number one viktoria kuzmova. dart made a great start, winning the first set on a tie break. these are live pictures. they are in the second set. kuzmova just leading that a-3. it is tight. the second set. kuzmova just leading that a—3. it is tight. you can watch that a—3. it is tight. you can watch that on the bbc sport website. it‘s been a frustrating day for england‘s cricketer‘s, their second one—dayer against south africa was abandoned in durban, they started almost two hours late because of the rain, the game reduced to a5 overs per side. joe root took the wicket of captain quinton de kock, but only seven overs were bowled before the covers came back on. after another long delay, they had another spell out in the middle, the game now cut to 26 overs each. chrisjordan trapped temba bavuma, but that was the last action of the match, as the rain returned. with no hope of completing the game, it was as abandoned. england can‘t win the series now, but can level it, if they win in johannesburg on sunday.

better news for england‘s women in their t20 tri—series in australia. they beat india by four wickets in melbourne, and now look well placed to reach next week‘s final. nat sciver scored a half century. lauren winfield knocked off the winning runs with an over to spare. the british heavyweight title fight between daniel dubois and joejoyce has been set for the 11th of april at the o2 arena in london. they are both londoners. a warning that there is some flash photography coming up. both fighters are unbeaten in their pro—careers, dubois won the british title injuly, joyce won silver at the last olympics in rio. there was the customary argy—bargy at press conference, at the press conference, the winner of this could get a shot at a world title. kell brook has his first fight in 1a months tomorrow, it‘s in his hometown of sheffield against the american, mark deluca. brook has had a testing few years, having broken both eye sockets and given up his world

welterweight title. he might retire if he loses that. let‘s have look at some of the day‘s other headlines. an investigation into the formula 2 crash that killed anthoine hubert at last year‘s belgian grand prix has found that no driver was to blame. the 22—year—old frenchman was stationary when he was hit by another car at almost 1a0 miles per hour. the fia say there were "multiple contributory factors" that led to the tragedy. israel folau‘s catalans dragons debut won‘t be this weekend, they‘ve left him out of the squad for sunday‘s game at wakefield. the former rugby union star was sacked by australia for making homophobic comments and his super league signing has upset many clubs. former england netballer tamsin greenway is the new head coach of scotland. she had great success as director of wasps netball but will lead the thistles through to the next world cup in 2023. that‘s all from the bbc sport centre, let‘s head back

to murrayfield and sarah mulkerrins. not murrayfield, edinburgh. murrayfield is where it is happening tomorrow. thank you, very much. welcome back to the under 20s for england and scotland, they will play this evening ahead of the men‘s fixture tomorrow and on sunday, we have the women‘s fixtures. these... these fixtures mirror the men‘s event. let‘s ta ke fixtures mirror the men‘s event. let‘s take a look ahead to the ireland— wales fixture and hear from both camps. ireland are a good side, they had a good weekend last weekend against scotland. they are still trying to qualify for the world cup, they will bea qualify for the world cup, they will be a good side, as they always are. but i am confident that everything we have addressed in training this week and analysed from our games, we can go out there and have a great performance.

expecting a really tough encounter from wales, like always. i've played wales a lot in the last few years, i got an extra crack at wales with the barbarians as well. i know their players quite well. i know their players quite well. i know what they're capable of. we will have reviewed their performance la st will have reviewed their performance last week against italy where they put in some really good attack and some clinical defence, as well. we will be expecting a really tough challenge from zen this weekend. i‘m really sorry, we will have to leave sarah in edinburgh because as you can tell, she was beginning to sound a little bit like a dalek. she is in edinburgh ahead of the calcutta clash tomorrow between scotla nd calcutta clash tomorrow between scotland and england and you can watch that on the bbc and keep across all these six nations action. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc‘s sports centre, have a wonderful weekend, whatever sport

you are watching, but do watch the six nations, especially at murrayfield, it will be a good one. it's it‘s a try! a remarkable score! inaudible this is rugby. he‘s done it. there goes harry ellis again. can he go on his own? he looks inside! oh, it‘s the perfect fairy tale for wilkinson! inaudible

a hat—trick forjonathan joseph. an england win with a humbling... he comes out, the 22. jones! what a score! russell, under the comes out, the 22. jones! what a score! russell, underthe posts. this is astonishing! george ford and this amazing game. all week, we‘ve been talking about stormy weather this weekend, let‘s ta ke stormy weather this weekend, let‘s take a look at how this weekend is shaping up. saturday will bring a good deal of dry weather for many, some sunny good deal of dry weather for many, some sunny spells around first thing that we will see heavy and persistent rain and gales spreading into the north west later. that rain and strong winds will become widespread overnight into sunday and

sunday brings stormy weather. storm ciara moves in bringing severe gales across the uk and we will see heavy and persistent rain and the potential for and persistent rain and the potentialfor big and persistent rain and the potential for big waves in coastal areas. we take a look at the pressure chart, this is what we can expect on the weekend, the initial band of rain going through and storm keira arrives in the early hours through sunday. tonight, the calm of todayis through sunday. tonight, the calm of today is replaced by cloudier skies and outbreaks of rain. that rain heavy and persistent for parts of northern ireland, western scotland and breezy in the north and west but temperature is not as cold as they have been of late. tomorrow starts with a good deal of sunshine with sunny spells around first thing in the exception to that in the south—east where there will be more cloud first thing. some showers in the north and west and the winds will strengthen through the day with gales in the and heavy, persistent rain arriving later. that rain pushes east through the first half of the night and the early hours of

sunday, storm ciara arrives from the west. sunday, heavy persistent rain pushing its way south through the day on sunday. following on behind in the north and west, blustery showers and heavy, persistent rain will be accompanied by strong winds. we are looking at severe gales with gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour in land but locally, gusts could reach 80 mph particularly on exposed coasts and hills, potentialfor disruption in various met office warning is in place over the next few days. this one is for wind and cove rs few days. this one is for wind and covers the uk. there is an amber warning in place for wind on sunday, which covers the south—east and the potential for some disruption from these strong winds. it doesn‘t look like we are out of the woods as we start next week, remaining very windy with showers which could be wintry over the high ground, particularly in the north. goodbye.

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dozens of sexual offences against female patients. i was getting to the point where i didn't like myself very much because i wasn't being honest with myself. the tv presenter phillip schofield goes on live tv to reveal that he is gay.