but apart from that, eddiejones has sam simmons but apart from that, eddie jones has gone sam simmonspast wales —— ethan hughes. they look to make it three wins from three at the six nations. but how will things, murrayfield a fortnight ago, jones and the players piled the pressure on the young wales fly half rhyce patch all, this time in their sights is the scotland playmaker thing russell because of a shaky playmaker thing russell because of a 5 ha ky start playmaker thing russell because of a shaky start to the campaign. he is a world —class shaky start to the campaign. he is a world—class player, you know? it went on the lions's tour, it's fantastic things in the french game and will have to defend him closely. it isa and will have to defend him closely. it is a small country outing above its weight and i'm sure we will fill that on saturday and we will be up for it. i spoke to them this morning about the honour of being a play in the calcutta cup, it is one of the most historic gains in the rugby calendar. so they feel honoured to play in the game and i want them to be excited th

he replaces the injured sam simmons. injured sam simmons.tions with the eu. over now to our political guru, norman smith. i can imagine this could be a very long meeting. is today the day? it is meant to be the day. the day. musketeers, and you might have heard of the three tenors. of the three tenors. controls and checks and tariffs and all that sort of thing. all that sort of thing. the same terms as you do —— in each of the baskets there are bundles. of the baskets there are bundles. let's look at the first basket. this contains eu rules. contains eu rules. along with them, so that's not very controversial. controversial. second basket, this is eu light rules. rules. but we would like to implement that with our own rules. with our own rules. ok with is that, but in the third basket our uk rules on their own. do things in the single market that way. way. that is much more problematic for eu leaders. for eu leaders. they will say no to that particular basket. that is the difficulty here. manages to get her ministers to agree to. agree to. s

sam simmons at number eight. england debut from the bench and even though there's been so much talk about the missing players to injury or suspension, ultimately most of england's on guns are here. —— alec hepburn. they look the start of the defence in the six nations title with a bang. so a big weekend ahead with wales kicking off the men's championship at home to scotland tomorrow at 2:15pm before france host ireland at 4:16 in paris. england's game with italy is a 3pm kick—off on sunday. wigan made a slick start to their super league season with a 28 point thumping of salford. the warriors were ruthless in the second half when their backline tore through the salford defence. wigan won it 40—12. wakefield trinity won at hull kr. last season's runners—up castleford were woeful against st helens. ben barba collected man of the match going overfor two tries, while mark percival scored a hat—trick. barba setting him up here. justin holbrook‘s men off to a flier in their season opener, taking it 16—6. west ham have

the back row is worth keeping an eye on, with sam simmons at number eight and chris robshaw and courtneyying that england are underdogs given the form of scotla nd are underdogs given the form of scotland and ireland, but the expectation on england is significant, and they should surely win on sunday as they try to make history and win the title for a third time in succession. scotland's front row injury crisis has dominated the build—up to this international, but gregor townsend has been able to call on the experience of gordon greig and john welsh. the selection of cornell caprice at number eight raised some eyebrows, while ali price retains the number nine joe eyebrows, while ali price retains the number ninejoe root ——jersey, and greig laidlaw is on the bench. perhaps the biggest surprise is the selection of newcastle's chris harris for his first international. but with the likes of finn rosol, tommy seymour and stuart hogg in the back line, scotland or showing they are ready, willing and able to cause some damage in cardiff. warren gatland will be hoping to get his 50th win here tom

further down the road. 0wen farrell score before the break, then a first international try for sam simmonsho played in glen esk, will watch this is how the move a few times this week, proof that there is space to be exploited, even if he nearly ran out of it. england will have much themselves, like not to challenge simmonds to raise any time. his second try. is finished —— team finished with seven. a6— 15 reads more harshly than perhaps italy deserve, but history has repeated emphatically. very good. very positive. the first game is always difficult. italy are traditionally a difficult. italy are traditionally a difficult opponent. i thought they played very well today. they are well coached. they have some good young players coming through. to have the bonus point at the 52 minute mark and to go on and win by a substantial score was pretty positive for us. in the women's six nations — england put in a huge second performance to beat italy 42 points to seven. england captain sarah hunter went over for a hat—trick of tries helping her team secure the bonus point. great britain were defeated

sam simmons at number eight with courtney laws and chris robshaw in the back row.but from the bench. even though there's been so much talk about the missing players through injury or suspension, ultimately most of england's big guns year. they go to rome fully loaded as they look to start their defence of the six nations title with a bank. so a big weekend ahead with wales kicking off the men's championship at home to scotland tomorrow before france host ireland at a:45pm in paris. england's game with italy is a 3 o'clock kick off on sunday. it promises to be an exciting weekend ahead. and we'll be previewing all the action this evening in six nations sportsday with wales legend martin williams from 6:30 on the bbc news channel. arsene wenger has admitted he did not get everything he wanted in the transfer window, but is content with what he did receive. he broke the club's transfer record for the second time in six months to bring striker pierre—emerick aubameyang from borussia dortmund and has been speaking about a player who scored 98 times in 144 games while in

. —— sam simmons.tat worthy of note, warren gatland took charge of wales ten yea rs warren gatland took charge of wales ten years ago today, they came here and beat england that state, eddie jones will be hoping that history will not be repeating itself later. —— and beat england that day. will not be repeating itself later. -- and beat england that day. first timei -- and beat england that day. first time i have ever seen you looking shorter than those around you! laughter it's also round two, of the women's six nations, england host wales and scotland take on france. in domestic rugby, history was made last night when joy neville became the first woman to referee a pro14 match, taking charge of ulster against southern kings, and she saw ulster dominate the game, winning 59 points to 10, with craig gilroy, scoring 3 of their 9 tries. and we'll see rugby league history today, with the first super league game held outside europe, wigan will play hull fc, in new south wales, australia. there was a thrill

england staid further down the road, owen farrell scored and then a first international team for sam simmonsre is space to be exploited. england would have learned much, like not to challenge simmons to a race. the last try was finished by the substitute. history has repeated emphatically. so here is how the six nations table looks after the first weekend, with england on top with a better points differential over wales. ireland are on four points after that victory over france yesterday. scotland and italy are bottom without any points. in the women's six nations — italy and england have just kicked off. the score is 0—0. france's men are being investigated after their defeat to ireland yesterday for their use of head injury assesment protocols. six nations organisers will be looking at two incidents which saw french players forced off the field with knee injuries. but both players were also registered as requiring head injury assessments. antoine dupont‘s departure meant that maxime machenaud was allowed to return, which would not have been permitted if the head injury asssessment hadn't b

sam simmons steps up, last week in, plays like he did, someone, genuine gas, bit more of a flair playerre poor last week but you can only beat what is in front of you and wales did a clinical professional job on what they did last week will stop i think it will be a good game, always better when there is a little bit... yeah, when there is actually, you know, an open forum, which way it could go, that is what you want, la st it could go, that is what you want, last time, last time wales won here, the world cup, 2014, backstay flying is rugby! hopefully we will not be seen is rugby! hopefully we will not be seen that again later. i think it will be a great game. spoken like a proud endorsement and a proud welshman as well, aged 2000 fans crammed in here, give us a sense, huge occasion, can wales do live?” think they can definitely do it, i think they can definitely do it, i think they can definitely do it, i think they have the ability, to make line breaks and score tries, hanging in there, absorbing pressure from what is a very good side. i think they can sneak in in the last five mids

he replaces the injured sam simmons with the propjoe marler returning on the bench.m. —— 11:30am. the united nations security council is expected to vote later today on a draft resolution demanding a month—long ceasefire in syria to allow deliveries of aid and medical evacuations. international concern has grown following the syrian government ‘s intense bombardment of the rebel held area of eastern ghouta outside damascus. reports suggest more than 300 people have been killed in the district since sunday. the un secretary—general, has described eastern ghouta as hell on earth. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab is in beirut. so, bring us up to speed on what we can expect later today. well, syrians inside ghouta are hoping that the un resolution would be voted for a 30 day ceasefire but from previous experience throughout the war there has been so many vetoes, mainly by russia, on any un resolutions that they do not approve on itand resolutions that they do not approve on it and even the un special envoy was a bit sceptical, although really hopeful that it wil