england representative, varndell rarity, chance missed. scorer.epresentative, varndell rarity, chance missedlj would have loved to have more opportunity, to give it more of a shock, what i like at the moment is that they are sticking with the boys, giving them a chance, letting them played their strengths. england utterly focused on players, what they can do now, rather than what they can do now, rather than what they can't do. varndell has signed a new contract with bristol and is determined to help save them from relegation. a career played out in fast forward is set to carry on. bath are up to third in the premiership after a late penalty sealed victory over northampton at the rec. rhys priestland had already missed one chance of victory before he struck this last minute penalty. that secured the win for bath, 32—30. a look at tonight's results. despite that tom varndell try, his side were well beaten by harlequins, which means bristol remain rooted to the foot of the table. and confirmation of that late win for bath who remain on course to rea

dream debut for tom varndell at 20. england represents a rarity, a chance missed.ave had more opportunity. i would like to give it more of a shot. what i like about the england setup, they are developing the young lads. developing an international team and playing to their strengths.“ developing an international team and playing to their strengths. if you playing to their strengths. if you play it on g there is g— to "1 back. as ; 77,777 to co " back. as ; 77,777 to co " be throttle 777777 to co " be throttle at 777777 to co " be throttle at his 77777 prepares to go full throttle at his neck shot for the record against harlequins, he has fired the l has signed a new contract with bristol. this career is set to keep on running. we do have more rugby to come. now it's time for inside six nations with lizzie greenwood—hughes in cardiff. what an opening week we had two this yea r‘s what an opening week we had two this year's six nations tournament. scotla nd year's six nations tournament. scotland stunned ireland, england's unbeaten run continues, although they looked

and coming up in sportsday in bbc news: tom varndell becomes the premiership‘s all—time leading try scorereats mark cueto's record with his 91st try. good evening. a controversial investigation costing tens of millions of pounds, into claims of the abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down "within months". it follows a scathing report by mps into the iraq historic allegations team, which it described as "an unmitigated failure", investigating thousands of claims unsupported by "credible evidence" and that soldiers under investigation, had suffered "u na cce pta ble stress". 90% of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. it's almost 1a years since british troops invaded it's almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing controversy. in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. and a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. the human rights' lawyer, p

the division's bottom side were thrashed by harlequins, but varndell scored his 91st premiership try,penalty from, rhys priestland, gave third place bath, a one point victory over northampton. elsewhere sale sharks beat newcastle. scarlets moved into the top four of the pro 12, after an important win over glasgow. tom williams scored one of their two tries. the top two of munster, and ospreys, both won, and so did ulster. the big football news this morning is confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning. rangers said in a statement, that he had resigned from his position, but warburton says he wasn't aware of that, and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership, but 27 points behind celtic. ranger play greenock morton tomorrow, in the scottish cup fifth round, and under—20 coach graeme murty, is set to lead the side in place of warburton. celtic are the early kick off today — they play inverness. there is one game in the premiership today — dundee are playing kilmarnock. the early kick off in the premier league is at the

despite that varndell try, his side were well beaten by harlequins, which means bristol remain rooted to the foot of the table. and confirmation of that late win for bath who remain on course to reach the play offs. scarlets have moved above glasgow warriors in the pro 12 after they beat them 26—14 at scotstoun. the warriors had the early lead but scarlets wing tom williams scored the first of two tries for the welsh side. the victory leaves scarlets fourth in the table. munster remain top. comfortably beating newport gewnt dragons 45 — 17. fourth placed glasgow lost to scarlets. second placed ospreys were comfortable winners over bottom of the table zebre. ulster beat edinburgh. well, the rugby continues this weekend with round two of the six nations. wales welcome england to cardiff, whilst scotland are in paris to take on france, a place they haven't won since 1999. let's get some team news, beginning our round up in rome where ireland face italy in the first match of the weekend. it was a captain ‘s run with a difference this afternoon for ireland, as no captain was attendance at

the division's bottom side were thrashed by harlequins, but varndell scored his 91st premiership try,ctory over northampton. elsewhere sale sharks beat newcastle. scarlets moved into the top four, of the pro 12, after an important win over glasgow. tom williams scored one of their two tries. the top two of munster, and ospreys, both won, and so did ulster. there's confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning. rangers said in a statement that he had resigned from his position but warburton says he wasn't aware of that and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership but 27 points behind celtic. under—20 coach graeme murty is set to lead the side in topmorrow‘s scottish cup tie with greenock morton. the early kick off in the premier league is at the emirates where arsenal take on a rejuvenated hull city side. arsenal are currently in fourth but have lost their last two matches, which has led to renewed speculation over manager arsene wenger‘s future. former arsenal and england striker ian wright thinks this will be wenger‘s

tom varndell has just broken the premiership's all—time scoring record, 91 tries for him, beating theon newcastle, that much just getting underway. four games in the pro 12 tonight. ulster have come from behind to take charge of their game against edinburgh. they already have a bonus point, currently leading 24—10. top of the table glasgow trailing against scarlets. munster as well up against newport gwent dragons, leading 24—3. zebre, bottom of the table, up against ospreys, trailing ten points to 26. the new super league season is already underway and tonight, the turn of castleford tigers. they are up turn of castleford tigers. they are up against newly promoted leads centurions. —— lee centurions. widnes lead zinc huddersfield —— leading huddersfield 6—0. 0ne game in the championship tonight, sheffield wednesday, chasing a play—off place, taking on birmingham city. the home side are ahead thanks toa city. the home side are ahead thanks to a goal inside ten minutes from new signing jordan rhodes. it is his first goalfor the new signing jordan rhodes. it is his first goal for the ow