it has been quite a journey for gregor townsend.ince he was scotland's student stand—off, starting an international playing career. how does he feel about his home coaching debut this weekend? much more relaxed i hope! the reason i say that, by the friday, saturday, the coach's role is much less relevant than it is on monday tuesday. the players should be doing the talking. things could have worked out entirely differently. banking's loss was rugby's game, and he did not need his old computer to figure out he has picked a good time to take charge of scotland, after the most successful nations campaign in yea rs. successful nations campaign in years. you have a team that is very confident. and if the team is winning like they did in the six nations, there is not much you had to change. i think they felt they had turned a corner. players who had been playing for a while, now they felt they could beat the best teams in the world. capped 82 times for scotland, townsend contributed 164 points in the process, and he was in scotland's last

gregor townsend first home match in charge of scotland has been rather overshadowed by the situation been declared bankrupt, leaving these pacific islanders in a bid disarray as they arrived in edinburgh. injuries have hit the scotla nd edinburgh. injuries have hit the scotland squad hard, not least in the front row, which has led to an unlikely test debut in edinburgh's darryl mako, who turns out was not on the radar at the start of the season. we did not know much about him. we watched edinburgh train and he played in the first pre—season game, we started to take more notice of him after that. the fact he has got his opportunity at edinburgh, and part of that is injuries but also he's played ahead of other players that we were looking at as well. he has shown consistency. we believe he's getting better and better. we have seen that in the two weeks that he spelt with us, we have seen that amusing games with edinburgh, we are very impressive how he played against leinster away against two british lions on that front row, that might. he's really fitted in well with everyone in the gr

expansive exciting rugby is the wont of the scotland head coach gregor townsend.with the pace and power of hquones. man of the match stuart mcinally scored twice, as the scotland lead grew so did the samoan attacking instincts. samoa continued to test the scottish defence. hopes of victory punctured by peter horne collecting a clever pass to make it six tries for the scots who start with a win. new zealand to come. at twickenham all eyes on england's evolution, against argentina, their series up and running, nathan hughes touching down. owen farrell was rested, george ford on kicking duties, england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddie jones looked rattled, the home side looked rusty. england start with a win but there's room for improvement. john watson, bbc news. england head coach eddiejones admitted it was far from his side's most exciting display and said there was plenty to work on ahead of next week's game with australia. we just want consistency. we had opportunities out wide which we didn't finish. we've just got to get better at finishing those. the un

head coach gregor townsend has named four uncapped players in his squad as they host a samoan side thate field. they face opposition declared bankrupt by their prime minister.‘ nation like samoa that has produced so nation like samoa that has produced so many good players and so many good wins over the years. let's hope they get through this in a much better state than they are just now. they are a huge part of the worldwide game of rugby. it will be a big challenge to take on this week because we know how proud they are to play for their country, but also what a good team now. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, political correspondent at the london evening standard and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. the daily express says that eu membership is costing the uk nearly £1 billion a month — almost treble the amount quoted by the leave campaign. the metro has more on the removal of kevin spacey from an upcoming film — as the controversy continues

coach gregor townsend has made two injury—enforced changes to his line—up, with prop zander fargersonthe squad and the players are training. they know the by players are training. they know the rugby we aspire to play. they are all in the meetings, so they will be able to grab their opportunity. let the players that came into the squad, the team this week, slander is obviously an international player, playing really well for glasgow. simon bergman has been in great form for edinburgh. likewise, bradfield christ. these are players that have been playing well, and we hope they are going to transfer, them to transfer their form into international arena. england's women return to action tomorrow for the first since losing to new zealand in the world cup final. they face canada at the home of saracens. there are seven uncapped players in the squad and, though the rfu are prioritising the sevens team, the 15—a—side game is still in good health. olly foster reports. the st george's black and red rose training camp has seen better days, but the squad looks in great shape, putting defeat in th

scotland under gregor townsend, read out a thriller in their victory over samoa. egor. you have to be accurate, play with intensity. in the face of a team who will play with intensity and test you in attack and defence. you have to believe in what you are doing. belief in the game plan. the way our players can play. their aggression, fitness, we can test anything in the world. just putting that out there for 18 minutes is tough but we believe our players can do that —— 80 minutes. wales make changes to the team who lost to australia. warren gatland says younger players really a chance with the world cup two years away. we were going to make six changes at least anyway. we feel this is an opportunity for some of those youngsters in the squad. exposing them to this level, giving them a chance to play in hand. the same message about us building for the next two years. a move mirrored byjoe schmidt of ireland, 13 changes to the match against fiji, surprising after the south africa match. younger players giving the to impress ahead of the tour to japan. —— after the tou

it will be the first test the coach gregor townsend.oy to them, they'll be very dangerous against unstructured defences. and a quick look at the days of the games. the pick of them sees wales hosts australia at five p:m.. england take on argentina at twickenham. this will take your breath away, but a lucky escape for britain's top bobsleigh double—team. this is them hurtling down the track at lake placid in the uk. now, —— in the usa. even though the back pilot came out there, the coloured one is still there. brad ball even though the back pilot came out, the other one was still there. brad paul was bruised, but luckily nothing more than a bit of bruising. that is all the sport now. tying together with the next. hello there. mixed their weather—wise across the british isles today. for tomorrow, a more uniform picture but a colder one. songkhla around to lay across parts the british isles, bringing rain on in the evening. tomorrow, much brighter prospect row, and it feels colder, particularly in the cell. here we are this afternoon still

ii tries in total, a late samoan rally held off by gregor townsend's men.t twickenham, though, as england just about emerged victorious over argentina. nathan hughes's early try gave them the foundation but they never really took off. eddie jones far from content. an off day from the argentine kickers helped, as did a final try. but england's know they need to improve. we need to be a lot better. this is the start of the international season, so we'll take that result, but we need to step up the intensity and application to beat australia next week. and that's just what eddie jones is hoping for. in rugby league, england are about to kick off in the world cup against france — that's in about half an hour. a win for enlgand will see them through to the quarter finals to meet papua new guinea. in the final match for both teams, ireland are beating wales 22— 6 in the world cup — this converted try from ben morris putting the welsh on the scoresheet as they attempt a comeback. there was more british success at the track cycling world cup in manchester last nigh

the crowd at murrayfield were treated to ii tries where scotland narrowly beat samoa in gregor townsend'sto the wire, seven points. i suppose we had a commanding lead at one stage and we re commanding lead at one stage and were disappointed to let them back into the game. credit to them, they showed a good energy in the second half and credit to our players for staying out in front. britain have won two gold medals at the track cycling world cup in manchester. ed clancy's return to the track for the first time since the rio olympics had a familiar result. a victory in the final against denmark in the men's team pursuit alongside steven burke, kian emadi and ollie wood. and the gold rush continued, with britain's kate archibald and elinor barker winning the women's maddison. it was close. the britons finished just two points ahead of world champions belgium. the former british cycling coach shane sutton is back in manchester as head coach of china. the australian left his british technical director role in april 2016. an internal investigation cleared him of 8 charges, but found him guilty

first, scotland against samoa, which will be the first murrayfield test for their coach gregor townsendsively, but also very good in attack will stop if we give a team like samoa a turnover ball, or a kick to them, they will be very dangerous against such defences. in golf, scotland's scott jamieson is leading during a third round of the lead bank challenge in south africa. he has picked up five strokes today to move one clear of the field at eight under par. and england's tommy fleetwood, who is leading the european tour money list with just one remaining event next week, fired a 67, moving him into the top ten. that is all the sport for now. more on our website. you will also find details of today's matches at the rugby league world cup and the highlights programme allows this news bulletin. back to you. thank you, mike. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35 p:m.. bye for now. you are watching the bbc news channel. it is one it is1:12 p:m.. it is 1:12 p:m.. as you head, police are searching for the owner of a stolen car after a woman was killed in sussex. as talk amount to our correspon

gregor townsend has made to injury enforced changes to his line—up for saturday's autumn test with newharson comes into the front row. owen farrell is back in england's starting 15 to play australia at twickenham, the saracens back was rested for the victory of argentina last week. coach eddiejones says he expects a bigger test against his countrymen than in recent games. had a bit of an itch at the back of a head, as the game gets tied their memory goes back to those previous games, so that's an advantage, we've got to that's an advantage, we've got to that itch to the back of their head and that's the hard part. in golf, justin rose has put himself into a great position going into day two of the world tour championships in dubai. the englishman was one off the lead after the first round. this eagle out of the bunker helped him to six under par. patrick reed of the usa is the leaderfor to six under par. patrick reed of the usa is the leader for now. that's all the sport for now. or in a couple of hours' time, sportsday is at half past ten. lots to do before then. i'm sure you'll be ke

expansive exciting rugby is the want of the scotland head coach gregor townsend.here along with the pace and power of huthones. none of the match stewart mcanally scored twice because the scotland lead grew so did the samoa attacking instincts. samoa continued to test the scottish defence. hopes of victory punctured by peter horne collecting a clever pass to make and six tries that the scots who start with a win. new zealand to come. ataturk in all eyes on england's evolution, against argentina, the series up and running, nathan hughes touching down. owen farrell was rested, george ford to the kicking, england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddiejones england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddie jones looked england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddiejones looked rattled, the home side looked rusty. england start with a win that there's for improvement. wales an action against australia, an exciting start to the game with three early tries. wales responded quickly to an early australian score, steph evans going overin australian score, steph evans going ove

it'll be the first murrayfield test for scotland coach gregor townsend.y to them, they will be very dangerous against unstructured defences. quick look at the day's other games involving the home nations — the pick of which sees wales host australia at 5.15. england take on argentina at twickenham. ireland host south africa. at the rugby league world cup this morning, tonga pulled off a shock win over new zealand beating them by 28 points to 22. the pacific islanders came from behind to pull off an incredible victory, winger david fusitua, scoring a hat trick of tries. they'll now face lebanon in the quarterfinals. there was a dramatic start to the season, for britain's two man bobsleigh team. talk about lucky escapes, going at nearly 90 miles an hour, on concrete like ice, brake man toby olubi, amazingly brad paul is still in there inside the sled — tucked himself right in to protect himself. had been 15th after the first run but crashed early in their second, world cup event in lake placid. thankfully though both athletes walked away from the accident.

couldn't get away from their wily opponents. 11 tries in total, a late samoan rally held off by gregor townsend'sgave them the foundation but they never really took off. eddie jones far from content. an off day from the argentine kickers helped, as did a final try. but england's know they need to improve. we need to be a lot better. this is the start of the international season, so we'll take that result, but we need to step up the intensity and application to beat australia next week. and that's just what eddie jones is hoping for. there was more british success at the track cycling world cup in manchester last night. great britain's men's pursuit team made sure of a gold medal on day two of the event. the team ridden by steven burke, kian emadi, ed clancy and ollie wood beat denmark in the final. the success didn't end there, britain's kate archibald and elinor barker secured gold in the women's maddison. they scored 32 points overall and pipped world champions belgium to the top prize byjust two points. lewis hamilton will start from the back of the grid and declared ‘we're all human' after cr

it'll be the first murrayfield test for scotland coach gregor townsend.rnover ball we kicked too early to them, they will be very dangerous against unstructured defences. a quick look at the day's other games involving the home nations — the pick of which sees wales host australia at 5.15. england take on argentina at twickenham. ireland host south africa. at the rugby league world cup this morning, tonga pulled off a shock win over new zealand beating them by 28 points to 22. the pacific islanders came from behind to pull off an incredible victory, winger david, fu—sit—ua, scoring a hat trick of tries. they'll now face lebanon in the quarterfinals. meanwhile scotland are out. . .their sorry tournament was almost retrieved in their match against samoa. they were leading 14 points to 10 but samoa scored a try with 15 minutes left, it finished 14 points all. scotland out on points difference. there was a dramatic start to the season, for britain's two man bobsleigh team. talk about lucky escapes...going at nearly 90 miles an hour, on concrete like ice...bra

it'll be the first murrayfield test for scotland coach gregor townsend.will be very dangerous against unstructured defence. a quick look at the day's other games involving the home nations — the pick of which sees wales host australia at 5.15. england take on argentina at twickenham. ireland host south africa. britain's katie archibald missed out on gold, in the omnium, at the world track cycling championships in manchester, after being overtaken in the final moments of the endurance event. the scot took silver but could have gone one better. she won the elimination race but couldn't not hold off american jennifer valente in the final points race. valente outsprinted her to take the title. there was a dramatic start to the season, for britain's two man bobsleigh team. competing at the opening world cup event in lake placid in the usa, brad paul and toby 0lubi, had been 15th after the first run but crashed early in their second, flipping the bob upside down as brake man 0lubi fell out of the back. thankfully though both athletes walked away from the accide

it'll be the first murrayfield test for scotland coach gregor townsend. we will have to be very goodce. britain's katie archibald missed out on gold at the world track cycling championships in manchester after being overtaken in the final moment of danger and see them. she took silver but could have been one better. she won the elimination race but could hold on. americanjennifer valenti took on the victory, outsprinting her to take the title. how about this dramatic start to the season full written‘s 2—man bobsleigh team. competing at the world cup event in lake placid in the usa. brad paul and toby looby crashed early in the second. they flipped their bobsleigh upside down, as toby falls out of the back, basically, still coming down the ice. thankfully, both athletes walked away from the accident pretty much unscathed. completely unscathed? yeah. i suppose you have to go with it. yes, you don't want those heavy bobsled is on top of you. he walked away. lewis hamilton is not seeking his foot off the gas. he dominated practice ahead of tomorrow's resilient grand prix. he topped the t