Welsh Rugby Union “to ensure that the game remains a sport that everyone in Wales can be rightly proud of”

Mike Phillips has been suspended indefinitely from Wales squad duties with immediate effect. The Wales management team will take time to consider circumstances surrounding recent allegations about the player’s behaviour in public whilst on an agreed holiday period from pre-Rugby World Cup training. Phillips has been told not to report to WRU

6 Nations Last Round – Ireland v England lineup

Ireland team to face England: Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster), Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster), Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster), David

6 Nations Last Round – Scotland v Italy lineup

Geoff Cross, the 28-year-old Edinburgh tight-head prop, will start his first international for two years, when he lines-up for Scotland against Italy in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match at Murrayfield. Cross, who will be winning his fifth cap, is the only change in the starting XV from the team