so for wales, for dan biggar, usually disappointing and it's in the tournament.ome ways for wales because they came into it with fairly limited expectations, i think, among fans because it has been a difficult gear for wales both on and off the pitch they struggled in the six nations but wales began so well the victory over fiji and over australia, 4—1; wins in the group stag,e high hopes going into the group stage and they were the favourites. as i say, sadly, they are now out of the world couples was up it as i say, sadly, they are now out of the world cup was up it will look back on this match and they will see moments where there really should have won it. they were dominant for much of the first half, the early try. they could have frankly had more tries and extended their lead. they did not take advantage of the opportunities and ultimately argentina for much of the first half i got the early try. they could have frankly had more tries and extended their lead. they did not take advantage of the opportunities and ultimately argentina but thank you very much

dan biggar for the rugby world cup quarterfinal against argentina. s passed fit to play. there will be fewer runners at the grand national next year to improve safety. also coming up on sportsday: four—time paralympic medallist millie knight as announced her retirement from skiing, but is taking on a new sporting challenge. it might sound bizarre and visually impaired person throwing themselves down a mountain on skis, but it might sound equally bizarre and visually impaired person fighting! good evening. tonight could be the net for scotland after a proper campaign so far they can get the job donein campaign so far they can get the job done in seville with two matches to spare. spain are formidable on home soil, unbeaten in 28 qualifiers, but the scotland manager, steve clark, says if they play at their maximum they will get the point they need to become the first team to book their place at euro 2024 in germany. gentle is in seville. it looks like a lovely evening there. he had been with the fans, listen to steve clark over the last 24 hours. is the

dan biggar scored the opening try of the game — as wales led at half time. off later. but that's it from us... we'll back a little later on. hello there. the weather for quite a few of us has been feeling a lot colder today. the colder air has been travelling southwards across the country over recent days, but it's across southern england and wales that the cold air really arrived. and so for hereford, we went from 22 degrees yesterday to 13 or so this afternoon — a drop of nine degrees celsius. now, for many areas, we did have some pleasant spells of sunshine. a few showers around — those showers falling as snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. those wintry showers continuing to be driven in on those gusty north—westerly winds with the showers always most frequent across the north and western coasts and hills. now for northern scotland, the skies look quite different as those showers worked in some rough seas here in banff, thanks to those gusty onshore winds. and overnight, it will stay pretty windy for northern scotland, particularly in shetland,

it's great news for welsh fans as dan biggar and liam williams have both been declared fit.ge north will become the first welsh player to appear in 4 world cup quarter finals when he lines up in marseille on saturday. arguably the match of the weekend sees the worlds number1 team, ireland, take on 3—time champions, new zealand. the irish are favourites but can they beat their world cup hoodoo. andy swiss looks ahead to the tastiest of ties. ireland against new zealand has the potential to be the match of the tournament so far. ireland the world number one on this incredible winning streak, winning their last 17 matches but they have this incredible statistic as well that they have never gone beyond the quarter—finals of a rugby world cup and, of course, in new zealand they are up against one of the iconic names in world rugby. yes, new zealand lost the opening match against france but since then they have got 240 points in their last three matches, so an average of 80 points a game over those three games. new zealand have not had a great recent record against ireland. irelan

of the quarter final games, and they'll be able to call on full—back liam williams and fly—half dan biggarentre george north will become the first welshman to appear in a fourth world cup quarterfinal. north is the third most—capped player for wales. meanwhile, ireland take on new zealand, who'll be without winger mark telea. he's been dropped by new zealand for saturday's game over a breach of team protocol. telea, who made his all blacks debut against scotland last november, has scored three tries in two matches during the world cup. some good news for hosts france — their captain antoine dupont will start at scrum—half in their world cup quarterfinal against south africa on sunday after recovering from a fractured cheekbone. dupont was injured in the second half of france's 96—0 win over namibia in the group stage. rugby�*s new global tournament — the women's wxv competition — starts today, with scotland and ireland both in action. women's six nations holders england are part of the participating teams included, along with france and wales — plus the top three from a four—nation cross—r

dan biggar�*s left out of the matchday squad despite having returned to training after injury.performance they put against fiji went over very well, the coach is good friends of mine. afternoon, that's for sure. as for england, they are already guaranteed top spot in their pool before they face samoa on saturday. after a troubled period building up to the world cup, jamie george is happy england have proved the doubters wrong so far. the most pleasing thing for me genuinely is how we've gone about her business over the last four or five weeks. the approach that we've had to train, the approach we've had two games, different things thrown at us, red cards, all that kind of thing. and wejust at us, red cards, all that kind of thing. and we just got about our business and really in a workmanlike way. that's the sort of team steve wants. that's what i think we're like what we're a best. i'm proud of the way we done that. deepin deep in stoppage time at craven cottage remains chelsea— two — zero full and that you can follow in the reaction for that that is all your support for now.

but they do have dan biggar back at fly—half.eir head coach, warren gatland. he is a man who knows how to get through these high—pressure situations. each of wales to the semifinals in 2011 and 2019, and will be confident he can do it again tomorrow. you're watching sportsday live from the bbc sport centre. still to come, ahead of tomorrow's super league grand final, we hear from one of the game's greats as he prepares for his last ever match. i have one things before, individually and as a team, but i won't get any other chance. this is my final chance. it means it is the biggest game of my career. it means it is the biggest game of my career. england's friendly against australia at wembley tonight will take place amid a mixed response to the football association's decision about how to mark the events in israel and gaza at the match. a rabbi working on an fa faith group has resigned, saying he was "profoundly disappointed" that the governing body decided not to have a specific tribute to the victims of the hamas attacks in isra

but also the end of an era of the two grades of the game, dan biggar of wales and johnny sexton of ireland seemingly unstoppable until they met new zealand. the all blacks surged into a 13—0 lead but that was the start of a compelling contest inspired by the brilliant bundy acky, ireland came roaring back to within a point at the break. after that, new zealand turned on the style. a magical move rounded off by willjordan. were they surging out of sight? not so. they were soon on the back foot and the result was a penalty try for ireland, once again within touching distance. but new zealand clung on and ireland were out. extraordinarily, their eighth world cup quarter—final defeat, and with such a talented team including the retiring johnny sexton, surely their most painful. the greatest ever irish player. people may not agree with that. if you know the man and you know the calibre of person that he is, and the standard he has driven over the last however many years, i don't think you could disagree. he has been everything that's good about irish rugby. it's just so gutting to not have done