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England lose Courtney Lawes for Six Nations opener as vice-captain withdraws through injury

George McGuigan is also out with further doubts over the fitness of Saracens hooker Jamie George

Evening Standard

Courtney Lawes doubt for Six Nations after pulling out of squad with calf injury

Lawes has withdrawn from the squad that was due to begin preparations for the opener against Scotland

The Independent UK

Henry Slade shows his old class as Exeter overcome card-happy Castres

Exeter were made to work hard in their 40-3 defeat of Castres, who picked up one red card and three yellows

The Guardian - UK

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Andy Farrell's Six Nations squad announcement: the winners and losers

Andy Farrell has named his Ireland squad and there are a number of winners and losers.

Irish Mirror

Steve Borthwick had no qualms about Owen Farrell selection despite ban criticism

Farrell must serve a ban for a dangerous tackle during Saracens’ match with Gloucester.

The Independent UK

Owen Farrell ‘fully accepts he needs to change’ his tackle technique

Owen Farrell ‘fully accepts he needs to change’ his tackle technique after he was named as England captain for the Six Nations

The Guardian - UK

Marcus Smith hands England boost ahead of Six Nations

The Harlequins fly-half has been sidelined since the autumn

The Independent UK

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Marcus Smith’s return from injury boosts England ahead of Six Nations

The Harlequins fly-half has been sidelined since the autumn series finale.

The Independent UK

Jack O'Donoghue says Munster have learned to 'cop on' if Saints come on heavy

The Reds back row stalwart was bizarrely yellow carded following melee at Franklin's Gardens, one of three Munster players to be sin-binned in the second half during the gutsy Champions Cup victory

Irish Mirror

Springbok World Cup winner Malcolm Marx will not be joining Munster

The world-class hooker was linked with a move to the Irish province in recent days.

Irish Mirror

Luke Cowan-Dickie: England hooker to miss start of Six Nations with injury

England kick off the Six Nations under new head coach Steve Borthwick against Scotland at Twickenham on 4 February

The Independent UK

James Ramm double helps rampant Northampton to win over Harlequins

James Ramm scored two tries and England’s Dave Ribbans and Fraser Dingwall put in excellent displays as Northampton overran Harlequins 46-17

The Guardian - UK

Northampton snap losing run with emphatic victory against Harlequins

Despite retaining their place among the top four, Quins were way off the pace as Saints dominated

The Independent UK

Andrew Porter set to win 100th Leinster cap in Munster St Stephens' day clash

Leinster's starting team includes 10 of the 15 that played against Gloucester last week, while Munster have made just two changes to the side that faced Northampton last time out.

Irish Mirror

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Wales Online

Danny Cipriani leads Barbarians in rendition of Adele song before match that's blown fans away

"Protect the Baa-baas at all costs!" said Northampton Saints on their Twitter account

Daily Mirror

England World Cup winner Paul Simpson loving "bloody good life" after beating cancer

Paul Simpson left home-city club Carlisle United in 2006 after a double promotion triumph, now he's back at Brunton Park with a World Cup winners' medal and victory over cancer to boot

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as England to name new coach on Monday and Finn Russell makes eye-watering move

The rugby news from Wales and around the world

Glasgow Live

Josh McPake Rangers transfer update as Queen's Park loanee 'watched' by Northampton

The on-form attacker is currently on loan at Queen's Park and is impressing for Owen Coyle's side in the Scottish Championship. They currently sit third - just two points off top spot.

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Daily Record

Rangers attacker on Northampton Town's radar for signing swoop

Josh McPake has impressed while on his latest loan spell at Queen's Park

The Independent UK

Weather continues to bite into the weekend’s sporting programme

Harrogate’s game against Northampton was postponed on Saturday morning

The Guardian - UK

Danny Care backs Borthwick and talks up England World Cup chances

Danny Care has said he believes England can use their current turmoil to their advantage and spring a surprise at next year’s World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Santiago Carreras leads Gloucester to bonus point win over Northampton

Gloucester picked up a bonus point as they racked up four tries in a 34-19 win over Northampton at Kingsholm

Daily Mirror

Premiership club boss: Top flight league rugby more exciting than internationals

“You buy a ticket for £150, you sit a long way back, it takes you two and a half hours to get out of Twickenham and the rugby I don’t think is anywhere near as exciting as the brand we’re playing here"

Wales Online

Dan Biggar calls for Wales' 60-cap rule to be scrapped and argues players should be picked whichever club they are at

The Wales captain feels that playing away from home has helped improve his own game

Wales Online

Ugly Owen Farrell incident and brutal revenge on him becomes rugby's most-watched video right now

Samoa international Pisi hit Farrell hard

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