finn russell, may ball in hand, keep it quick, keep their skill. finn russell, may be their skill.ali price starts for scotland at scrum half who can perhaps inject a bit of dynamism into things, and then maybe we will see some of the scottish player we have seen a lot of over recent years —— some of the scottish flair. enthusiasm coming back into scottish by. enthusiasm coming back into scottish rugby. having said all that, we know that wales over those consecutive victories have this way of winning matches, they have the confidence, the discipline and the strength and organisation but we have been talking a lot about what this game means to wales with a grand slam possibility in the world cup year. i think we need to be clear this game means a lot to scottish rugby as well. right now they could really do with what i would term the oxygen of a big victory. joe, you should get in that scottish dressing room, a motivational team talk they are, from our very motivational team talk they are, from oui’ very own motivational team talk they are, from our very ownjoe wilson! fantastic fro

he can pull the strings, it will not be a finn russell type of weather, but with all the intensity il be a calm head that wins the blood and thunder here in edinburgh. a calm head. i love it. thank you, joe. joe wilson therefore stepped back and class go, the women's game on a little bit later, philippa, former wales international still with us. we will talk about that game tomorrow. the headlines this week have been all about these regional disruptions and the possible merger wasn't going to happen and how it would affect the players. how much will that have taken away from the focus on this old wales team this week? it is very difficult to say. it will be on a person by person basis. however you are talking about a very elite professionals. and life goes on we are an athlete. things happen. you have a remix, birthdays, you learn to be able to compartmentalize what you think about. i believe these boys will go into the we can think of we have a job to do. strong leaders there who will be making sure people stay in line, focus on the game a hand in whatever needs to be talked about c

scored his second try of the afternoon to put his side right back in it, and almost immediately, finn russellercepted to give himself a clear run to the line. the try was converted and from 31—nil down they are now si—all. thatis that is quite match. italy have finished with the wooden spoon for a fourth year. defeat to france in rome was their 22nd 6 nations defeat in a row. tries either side of half time had put the french in control, but italy had chances to get back in the game. this tackle from damian penaud prevented an italian try five minutes from time. penaud then scored himself to ensure the france ended their six nations on a high. 25—14 the final score at the stadio olimpico. england's women can claim the grand slam with victory over scotland at twickenham. that's the only match today, and it kicks off at 19:30. tomorrow, wales play ireland, and italy host france. it's fa cup quarter final weekend and could swansea be about to cause one of the big upsets olly? thanks, tanya. yes, they could be. we'll get the latest from manchester city's match at swansea in a moment, plus look ahe

when finn russell was allowed to the line unaccompanied, it was 31—31. heads span, no—one could keep sam johnson from scoring. scotland were minutes away from winning at twickenham for the first time in 35 years. in the end, in overtime, george ford scored and salvaged a draw. still, not enough to take the calcutta cup back from scotland. the six nations saved its best till last. patrick geary, bbc news. and in the women plasma six nations... —— the women's six nations... england ran in 12 tries as they thrashed scotland 80—0 to seal a ninth grand slam and regain the women's six nations title. the red roses were rampant, asjess breach scored her second and england's fourth try inside 17 minutes. england went on to score a staggering seven tries in the first half, adding another five in the second. the win gave england a 10th six nations crown, after losing the title to france last year. three sides have taken their place in semifinals of the fa cup. the final spot will go to millwall or brighton who face each other this afternoon. manchester city had a f

when finn russell was allowed to the line unaccompanied it was 31—31.nning at twickenham for the first time in 35 years. in the end, in overtime, george ford scored and salvaged a draw. still, not enough to take the calcutta cup back from scotland. the six nations saved its best till last. patrick geary, bbc news. england ran in 12 tries as they thrashed scotland 80—nil to seal a ninth grand slam and regain the women's six nations title. the red roses were rampant asjess breach scored her second and england's fourth try inside 17 minutes. england went on to score a staggering seven tries in the first half, adding another five in the second. the win gave england a 10th six nations crown after losing the title to france last year. wolves are into the semi finals of the fa cup for the first time since 1998. they beat manchester united 2—0 at molineux to join manchester city and watford in the last four. joe lynskey rounds up yesterday's quarter finals. for the first time in 21 years, wolves have roared into the cup semi finals. a club who two years ago wer

fly—half finn russell is among a number of scottish players who returned to trainning this morning aheaddefeat by france last round with concussion. frank bruno's agent has revealed that the former world heavyweight boxing champion has been suffering from pneumonia. dave davies used bruno's twitter account to thank the hospital staff who'd cared for him. he said he now needs a few weeks' rest. bruno famously beat 0liver mccall to win the wbc heavyweight title at wembley in 1995. tiger woods has withdrawn from this week's arnold palmer invitational at bay hill after suffering from a neck strain. the 14—time major champion says his previously troublesome lower back is unaffected and he has no long—term concerns. he hopes to play in next week's players' championship at sawgrass. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30pm. we will be back with more later. thousands of people have lined the streets of stoke for the funeral of world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks. fellow england goalkeepers peter shilton and david seaman were among the mourners. also ther

we have a few injuries back, finn russell, wp nel, but this welsh team is very strong and at the momentoader picture, it is a world cup year and for scotland, gregor townsend has said he is looking for a performance in these last few games. it is so important, scotland have not played well and they need to get their game back. and that is a high tempo game and they have been making too many mistakes. and that is what has stopped them so i think he will be looking for more accuracy today and more intensity and quality. and if they do that then they have a chance because they proved that they can score tries. where's wales will want to maybe be tight rather than loose so to maybe be tight rather than loose so you have that contrast in styles but scotland have got to get their campaign and a year back on track to date with a good performance. so many talking points, thank you so much. enjoy the coverage a bit later, full coverage across the bbc of all the six nations game this weekend. in cricket, england‘s women just beaten india by1 run, in the 3rd and final, t—20 match, they‘d already w

finn russell returns from a head injury, with peter horne switching to inside centre.eddiejones has also named the powerful pair of manu tuilagi and ben te'o in the centre. cannot wait for it to return. england's chris and gabby adcock are through to the quarter—finals of the all england 0pen badminton championships. the pair came from behind to beat their compatriots ben lane and jessica pugh over three sets in birmingham the world triathlon series gets underway in abu dhabi later this morning. it's live on the red button and the bbc sport website from 9:50. reigning world champion vicky holland will be one of five female british athletes starting their season today and is proud to be going in as the number one. it is probably more me that it is important for than anybody else. i do not think it matters in terms of what i get out off the whole season, 0lympic qualification which happens later in the year but i really wa nted later in the year but i really wanted to go to the first race of the year is the defending world champion, to start wearing the number one. i hav

fly half finn russell is among a number of scottish players who returned to trainning this morning aheadwoman cricketers completely outclassed india, to win their first t20 match in guwa hati. tammy beaumont top—scored with 62, as they set their hosts a victory target of 161. linsey smith took two wickets in two balls early in the india innings and they could only manage 119—6, england winning by a1 runs. after losing the one—day series, england will have the opportunity to seal the t20 series in the second game on thursday. i thought at half—time we would maybe ten short but the way our bowlers came out and build, i think, it's a brilliant team performance and everybody stuck their hands up. frank bruno's agent has revealed that the former world heavyweight champion has been suffering from pneumonia. dave davies used bruno's twitter account to thank the hospital staff who'd cared for him. he said he now needs a few weeks' rest. bruno famously beat 0iver mccall to win the wbc heavyweight title at wembley in 1995. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30. more now on our top story thi