we mentioned joe schmidt and the fa ct we mentioned joe schmidt and the fact that it is the last six him in charge of the world cup and it is the same for warren gatland, the wales coach. this will be his tenth six nations in charge of wales. they open up their campaigna bit of wales. they open up their campaign a bit later in paris when they take on france. thomas dafydd has been talking to the french fans about what the legacy warren gatland will leave behind. welcome to paris where the six nations kicks off with wales taking on france. momentum cou nts wales taking on france. momentum counts for an awful lot in any tournament and wales are on a roll. they have won their last nine games and coach warren gatland has made a bold prediction about tonight's encounter. we have got a good chance of winning this game and if we win this first game we have got a good chance of winning the six nations. i have not contemplated anything other than winning the six nations. we finished second last year which was 0k and it would be great to win the six nations and then we got onto world cup warm

joe schmidt has made five changes to that side — most of them due to injuries picked up in that matchbiggest news is that rob kearney comes in at full—back in place of robbie henshaw who has picked up a knock in training. wales have made a whopping 10 changes to the side that won that epic battle in paris last friday. centre jonathan davis will captain his country for the first time when they travel to rome to face italy, while regular skipper alun wynjones is on the bench. a number of their big names are being rested — george north among them and wing jonah holmes, flankers thomas young and aaron wainwright and scrum—half aled davies will all make their first six nations starts. now, the bbc has been given exclusive access to wetherby young offenders institute where they're using football to help improve behaviour. with more than 230 boys — it's the biggest young offenders facility in the country. violence has been a problem but staff say sport is making a big difference. emma glasbey reports. boysis boys is young as 15 are locked up here. wetherby young offenders institute is where

joe schmidt has made five changes to that side — most of them due to injuries picked up in that matchp a knock in training.

joe schmidt said an incredible coach along with andy farrell as well so we expect a big show from themt that game. we know we have to be ready to top our game. they lost that game. we know we have to be ready to top our gamem they lost that game. we know we have to be ready to top our game. it is the welsh who survived the weekend unscathed with no new injuries after their great escape from the french stadium. warren gatland said his side would win the six nations if they triumphed in paris. without winning streak now at ten matches, they are on a bit of a roll. we'll bring you the live 5th round draw for the women's fa cup injust a moment. the fourth round was hit hard by the weather but here's jo currie with a look at some of the weekend's winners. after the cold weather played havoc with the fixture list, only half of the 16 ties were able to go ahead this weekend. no such problems from manchester city to kick things off on saturday with a convincing 3—0 win against watford. scoring was openedin win against watford. scoring was opened in the second half and doubled the lead minutes

ireland had never lost at home in the six nations under coach joe schmidt.d and we had to roll our sleeves up, to be tactically good, and we did that. i thought our response in the second part of the first half was excellent, where we probably won the game. we started well and let them into it but we scored that try just before half—time. scotland made an impressive start to theircampaign, with blair kinghorn scoring a hattrick in their 33—20 win over italy at murrayfield. there were five tries in all for the home side, so that means a bonus point. italy didn't give up and managed to score three late tries but it's still an 18th consecutive six nations defeat for them. west indies have thrashed england by ten wickets in the second test in antigua to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. west indies were eventually bowled out for 306 in their first innings — a lead of 119. england's batsmen once again had no answer to the windies pace bowlers, with kemar roach and jason holder each taking four wickets as the tourists were skittled out forju

inch—perfect pass from joe carberry allowed keith earls to finished things off and seal the win for joe schmidt'swales had made ten changes to their side to replicate what it might be like at the world cup later this year. it is though their 11th straight win, equalling their all time record it isa it is a win and that is it. pat yourselves on the back, you just equalled a welsh record and you have got to enjoy that moment. you know. an international moment, everything is not just about an international moment, everything is notjust about being perfect and italy made it tough for us today. england have found some steel in their batting at last in the carribbean, recovering from yet another wobble on the opening day of the final test against west indies in st lucia. (gfx ) after losing keatonjennings early, rory burns, joe denly and joe root all struggled. jos buttler and ben stokes though have put on 0ver a hundred for the fifth wicket in st lucia. buttler is unbeaten on 53, stokes on 54 and has just been reprieved off a no ball too. you can follow it closely on the bbc sport website. and just be

comment to distract you or whether he threw it in as something that he is genuinely thinking about >> joe schmidtjones has already been having a few words in his ear this week england have really round that up by saying that -- that they believe that ireland are going to bore them into submission ireland reacted and said we're want going to bore anyone. we beat the all blacks last year all the praise that ireland has been getting can make a team weak >> what do you mean bore them into submission? like be so boring that they go into submission, or -- i don't really associate boring with rugby. it sound like a mind game to me. >> the rules of rugby end up being quite intricate, and we obviously want to see huge amounts of running and passing and try scoring and even great kicking games as well. both of these teams possess. ireland are a very determined tooep team they've got a huge pack. grand england do as well, of course, with some returning players. at the same time what they're going to do is make sure that england can't get to the try line england haven't scored a try in dublin since 2011. the

the hosts to narrow the gap at the break — but keith earls second half try sealed the win for joe schmidt'sand a couple of broken field running try. i think we restricted them. from their perspective especially in the first half, we were in 22, 34% of the time in their half for about 72% of the time. that was a massive defeat of effort. even then, to say it was on advantage. we kind of went to sleep advantage. we kind of went to sleep a little bit there. we have got to be better than that. defences are strong today. both teams ran a few errors. i thought the first half was very good from our side of it. i thought it was a very good test match. the second half the pace went out and we didn't really string the faces together like we did in the first half. that sent her execution at times. to rome then where wales are taking on italy — and will be looking to match their best run of 11 test wins in a row. wales have won their last 11 six nations meetings with italy. it's been a tale of kicking for them in the first half — with dan biggar scoring four penalties. the hosts responded with a try th

ireland are currently ranked the second best team in the world, and their new zealand—born coach joe schmidte manchester city's surprise defeat on tuesday the manager says it's too late to count them out. city face a difficult match against arsenal this weekend. after the result, it's focusing on the plate. pay and play and play. and you need the mentality to say, ok, we are in the mentality to say, ok, we are in the 1st of february, a lot of points to play. and there are many things to play. and there are many things to happen that is not going to happen, regarding the last game, that's all. chelsea have slipped to fifth in the premier league table after back—to—back defeats, with the manager questioning his sight‘s motivation. they will host huddersfield tomorrow and at the end of that game he is asked for patients —— ahead of that game he is asked for patients. now we have the mentality for doing the match. but we need to improve in the reaction. we need to improve the offensive phase. because we have a lot of individual players, so it is not easy to change in four or five months. goes li

the village of schmidt from which every approach to the river from alken was visible in the corridor. toberg the germans could hardly mask enough armor in the forest to be a threat to joe collins' seventh corps. but no one was willing to challenge hodges. the historian russell wigely wrow that the most likely to make the hurtgen a menace was to send american troops attacking nto itself depths. no serious consideration was given to by-passing or screening the forest or outflanking schmidt by sending fifth corps through monshow. it's in the lower left corner of this map. a flanking attack would have permitted the capture of seven dams on the rural. you can see the reservoirs on this map. there were seven big reservoirs. and cap chufering those dams would have -- capturing those dam would have released 100 million metric tons of reservoir water that would prevent crossing for more than a week. hodges' operation officer general tubby thorsen known as iago. , later said, "all we could do is sit back and pray to god nothing would happen. it was a kind of torper in our operations with no alternative o a frontal assault. formerly the pennsylvania national guard known as the bl