a mismatch in european pedigree as leigh halfpenny returned to his home country.tute centre. scarlets proved to be the centre of excellence in the first half. at the parks with the break, scott williams with the finish. not so easy for gareth davies. an agonising drop when the host could have been out of sight. halfpenny kept his side in touch by half—time, but the fans demanded more. the wales star duly obliged. halfpenny closed the gap to one, yet the three—time european champions made three mistakes. one final chance for the welsh man to break welsh hearts, but no. saracens and sale, who are in the same pool as scarlets, got underway at 5.30. they were made to work for their 26-10 they were made to work for their 26—10 victory. there was a cagey opening to the game. they got a narrow advantage with this huge second—half kick. sale defended

leigh halfpenny missed two late penalties for the french team. jack skelton has the details.rned to his home country. his power... scarlet ‘s proved to be the centre of excellence in the first half. at the parks with the break, scott williams with the finish. not so easy for gareth davies. an agonising drop when the host could have been out of sight. halfpenny kept his side in touch by half—time, but the fans demanded more. the wales starjulio obliged. —— duly obliged. halfpenny closed the gap to one, yet the three—time european champions made three—time european champions made three mistakes. 0ne three—time european champions made three mistakes. one final chance for the welsh man to break welsh hearts, but no. saracens and sale, who are in the same pool as scarlets, got underway at 5.30. saracens lead 6—4. elsewhere, clermont auvergne beat ulster 38—19. there was one match in the european challenge cup — newcastle beat lyon 0lympique 48 points to 29. john higgins is level with marco fu in the scottish 0pen final after the first session. higgins made three centuries to go 4—

leigh halfpenny missed two late penalties for the french team.tain their 100% record in the competition, but they were made to work for a 26—10 victory against sale that keeps them top of pool 3. elsewhere, clermont auvergne beat ulster 38—19. england's hope of a consolation victory in the 5th and final test against india are looking very slim. india batted all the way through the third day in chennai closing on 391—4. that's 86 behind england's first innings score, with rahulfalling just one run short of a double century. he obviously played really, really well. tick his time and got his runs quite well and took the risk when needed. brilliant bit of bowling, on 99, two very slow, wide one. don't think many people on that score would leave that alone. thankfully it went to a fielder. sports personality of the year is underway over on bbc one. there are 16 nominees for the main award. details can be found on the bbc sport website. the winner will be presented at the end of the show. one award has already been given out. claudio ranieri, the leice

leigh halfpenny missed two late penalties for the french team.his competition, but they were made to work for a 26—10 victory against sale that keeps them top of pool three. saracens relied on the boot of owen farrell to forge a lead in a cagey opening to the game, he gave them a narrow advantage with this huge second half kick. sale defended well and almost snatched a try that would've put them ahead through denny solumona on his debut in rugby union following his switch of codes from the super league, but the balljust bounced over his head. and saracens punished that slip up with two late tries, the first here from owen farrell. nathan earle added some gloss to the scoreline late on and sale did pull one back through bryn evans, but they left it too late and remain bottom of the pool. there was one other match involving a british side — clermont auvergne beat ulster 38—19. england's hope of a consolation victory in the 5th and final test against india are looking very slim. india batted all the way through the third day in chennai closing on 39

toulon and wales star leigh halfpenny missed this penalty, the last kick of the game, to hand scarletsfending champions saracens continued their 100% record in the competition, but they were made to work for a 26—10 victory against sale sharks. owen farrell scored 19 of those points including this opening try of the match late on. sarries top pool three while sale are bottom. elsewhere ulster lost to clermont auvergne. i know lots of people at home watched sports personality of the year last night and saw it on the television, what do you really want to know about? what was happening behind the scenes! i was there! soaking it all up! and filming it all for bbc breakfast. here's my peace. max whitlock, ladies and gentlemen! no rehearsing, no nothing. wow!|j could no rehearsing, no nothing. wow!” could have stood there all day. ok! you look lovely. thank you. what an incredible year 2016 has been. we are rubbing shoulders with sporting royalty here on the red carpet tonight. look at this, it is the gold winning women's hockey team. so we are now inside the arena where as you can probably