that sealed la rochelle's la 16 qualification.too strong, winning by 14 point margin in greater manchester. better weather conditions in southern france, where bath also produced a valiant effort, but lost out to toulouse 31—19. toulouse will be the top seeds in the last 16 after winning pool two. thomas ramos scored two of their tries. bath, who had already qualified for the next round managed three tries. it wasn't enough for a losing bonus point, as toulouse rallied in the final 20 minutes. toulouse will have home advantage until the final, and like la rochelle, may take some stopping. exeter, meanwhile, were thrashed in theirfinal pool game. it finished 40—17 in favour of the french team bayonne. exeter were one of the six english sides to have already qualified before today, but nonetheless this was a pretty heavy loss in away from home. that's despite the fact exeter scored three tries, including this one from dan frost. exeter will play bath in the last 16. newcastle falcons' run of 14 successive defeats is over after they

sale sharks slip out of the champions cup after being blown away by holders la rochelle.ave the results from the final postage games. and england will be without harry brook for their test series in india. the batter�*s heading home for personal reasons. hello again. with a game to go of the premier league's staggered winter break, liverpool are going to end it five points clear at the top of the table. a 4—0 win at bournemouth extends their unbeaten run to 14 games. following a goalless first half, liverpool broke the deadlock three minutes after the restart — curtis jones to diogo jota to darwin nunez who netted his sixth league goal of the season. no mo salah, currently injured at afcon, no problem as cody gakpo fed jota who made it 2—0 with just over 20 minutes remaining. and it was the portuguese international who made sure of the victory — eventually — making light of his miskick to fire home his second and liverpool's third. nunez would take his tally to seven in the premier league in second half stoppage time, converting joe gomez�*s cross to complete a comfortabl

the result moves la rochelle into fourth in pool four, one place above sale who they play next sunday, beaten 55—15 at bordeaux begles. the top—14 side scored nine tries on their way to a bonus point win, with louis bielle—biarrey going over for the final try. they've guaranteed their route into the knockout stage, while saracens have dropped to fifth in the group, and face a must win in the group, and face a must—win clash with lyon next saturday. minimising the risk of head njuries for rugby players remains a major talking point at both elite and grassroots level. a school in dorset has teamed up with french side stade toulouse and bath rugby to help young players to learn how to tackle safely. this week, pupils there had a pe lesson to remember, as an all blacks legend came to town. lewis coombes reports. it's not every day that a two—time world cup winner takes the school rugby lesson. an all blacks legend, jerome kaino is now part of the coaching team at french giant stade toulouse, who alongside coaches from bath rugby, delivered a lesson. we love to keep the ball alive, and the

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if sale win and la rochelle get two bonus points in defeat, leicester are out.ace in pool 2 to reach the last 16. here's a contender for try of the season. watch louis lynagh here. he wasn't even in harlequins' original squad for their match against ulster, but came off the bench to help quin win 47—19, condemning ulster to demotion to the challenge cup. his father, australia world cup winner michael, would have been proud of this try. in the women's premiership, gloucester—hartpury beat the league leaders saracens 24—15. it means the defending champions are nowjust a point behind saracens at the top of the table. what a try to seal the victory too, emma sing breaking away to clinch it after kelseyjones earlier scored a hat—trick, but was also sent off. great britain's women's hockey team can start to dream about regaining their olympic hockey title after securing their place at the paris olympics. britain had to beat ireland in valencia to claim a spot in paris orface missing out on the games entirely. sarahjones got the opening goal and katie robertson scored

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who'll have to drop down to the challenge cup after losing a winner takes all match with french side la rochellen france. the chiefs scored three tries, but were beaten by 40 points to 17 by bayonne. another day and another trophy for ronnie 0'sullivan. the rocket was 4—0 and then 6—3 down against judd trump at the world grand prix in leicester — the winner the first to ten frames. he eventually won 10—7. and surely making a claim for the world title this year. you wonder what rory mcilroy is going to do with his trophy as well when you see the size of it. another dubai desert classic trophy, his fourth. he came from behind to win after some brilliant putting stop nobody has ever won it four times before. where on earth he puts a trophy that size you do wonder. he is kicking off his season in style. ijust have a really good feeling when i come back to dubai. so that helps me stay relaxed and played some good golf. and, yeah, you know, i had to hold it together on the back nine there today. it was very tricky. wasn't really thinking about trying to get my name on there for the fourth time, just t

sale will face the defending champions la rochelle next weekend, needing a win to reach the knockouts it for the first time almost 29 years ago. he could now become its oldest too, but o'sullivan isn't worried by his age. i don't feel that old. i feel... laughter i know what my age is, but i feel young in my mind, ifeel young when i'm around a table. ifeel younger than i do when playing these young players, they look old, the way they... their brains are quite slow, so, for me... cheering i still feel like my brain's pretty quick around a snooker table, which is enough. they need to get their act together, because i'm going blind and have bad knees! he says what he likes, doesn't he, ronnie o'sullivan! he is into the final with a chance of an eighth masters title. lovely. 29 years ago. that is almost directly the same time gladiators first was shown on television! now it is back. nothing has changed in 29 years! i watched a little bit of it. the people, the gladiators... the actual contestants are incredibly fitted and superhuman but the gladiators are on another level. they are huge!