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England's Matt Banahan powers past Lucas Borges to score

England 16
Argentina 9

Fans turn on Martin Johnson's plodders after another wash-out

England chief Martin Johnson at Twickenham

Boos at the break say it all for England

Jonno's androids going backwards, declares legend Dewi Morris

Ben Foden of Saints is tackled by Alex Goode

Northampton 19
Saracens 3

Plus more reports from the weekend's LV Anglo-Welsh Cup action

Jonny Wilkinson kicked all of England's points

England 9
Australia 18

Even Jonny Wilkinson can't save England from annual defeat

Martin Johnson has got me worried

If England are to lose, let's go down fighting says Dewi Morris

Ugo Monye crosses for Harlequins

Ugo Monye reveals his back injury hell

England and Quins star spent three days paralysed

winger Sitiveni Sivivatu picked up a yellow card for a dangerous tackle

All Blacks banned for Wales games

Sitiveni Sivivatu and Tony Woodcock out for foul play against Aussies

Martin Johnson making a team of roboflops

England in danger of becoming robots, says legend Dewi Morris

Saracens' Noah Cato scores the second try against Bath

Bath 11
Saracens 12

Plus Premiership action from Quins v Exiles and Leicester v Saints

Can Ben Cohen outrun a Timber Wolf?

Check out our video to see how the World Cup winner fares.

England boss Martin Johnson makes his point

Martin Johnson's secret list revealed

England boss identifies his 'bad-attitude' players ahead of internationals

Shame old story shakes Meehan

Drugs scandal not to blame for slump says Bath boss.

Justin Harrison

Justin Harrison begs for forgiveness

Bath's Aussie suspended for end-of-season cocaine party shame

Takudzwa Ngwenya crosses to pile on the misery at Parc des Sports Aguilera

Biarritz 42
Gloucester 15

Takudzwa Ngwenya gives Gloucester a spanking

Ugo Monye celebrates scoring the first try for Harlequins

Harlequins 19
Toulouse 23

Ugo Monye can't stop Quins blowing a 14-point lead in Euro horror show

Mark Jones of Scarlets gets away from from Tom Homer

London Irish 25
Scarlets 27

Plus our Euro round-up of Leicester, Worcester and London Wasps

Win tickets for Saracens v South Africa

We have 15 pairs up for grabs for the Wembley date.

Shane Geraghty wrongfoots Munster's Lieimi Mafi

Northampton 31
Munster 27

Shane Geraghty turns it on to spark Saints Euro triumph

Cardiff's Tom James (right) celebrates with Andy Powell

Cardiff 20
Harlequins 6

Will Skinner all cut up after Quins' Heineken Cup flop

McGeechan: Reduced to tears

Blubby marvels

How the most brutal tour in history reduced McGeechan to tears

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Easter scores the injury-time try

Wins for Harlequins and Leicester

Happy Easter for Quins as Cockerill is left raging

Vainikolo: Ready to erupt

Volcano's dormant no longer

Gloucester's Lesley Vainikolo is ready to end a nightmare two years.

MATT'S THE WAY ¿ Tigers wing Smith tries to offload after being tackled by Newcastle¿s Rob Miller

Leicester 15,
Newcastle Falcons 6

Steve Bates' Falcons kids give champions Tigers a real scare

RAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT - Kameli Ratuvou scores the first try for Saracens

Harlequins 9,
Saracens 22

Steve Borthwick faces a race to be fit for England's autumn games

SAINTS ALIVE - Northampton's Lee Dickson is held by Gloucester's Akapusi Gera

Gloucester 14,
Northampton 27

Bryan Redpath goes on the warpath after his Gloucester crash

DISGRACED - Dean Richards

Dean Richards: Loyalty was to blame

Disgraced rugby coach reveals his side of the Bloodgate cover-up

I was told: REALLY cut them - on the pitch

I was told: REALLY cut them - on the pitch

Dean Richards exclusive on the scandal that rocked rugby

Dean Richards set to sue over Bloodgate

Quins boss takes on Euro rugby chiefs after cheating scandal

London Irish 40, Gloucester 10

London Irish turned out an emphatic Guinness Premiership victory over Gloucester.

Newcastle 16, Sale 16

Newcastle had to settle for a second successive draw at the start of the new Guinness Premiership

Saracens 18
London Irish 14

England captain Steve Borthwick praises return to 'real rugby'

BLOOD - A real injury for Wasps' Joe Simpson after he was headbutted

Wasps 26
Harlequins 15

Harlequins Lock George Robson sent off after head-butting

Tom Williams is led away as 'blood' drips from his mouth

Blow whistle on bullying bosses

Players chief Damien Hopley urges action in wake of Bloodgate

Blood capsules 'have been used for 20 years'

Ex-Sale boss Adrian Hadley reveals the true scale of Bloodgate

Wales star Gethin Jenkins in action

Gethin Jenkins scoops award

Welsh rugby legends out in force to honour new generation

Unseen TV evidence of Bloodgate faker

Freeze-frame evidence exposes Tom Williams for the first time.

physio dabs cotton wool to head of Dan Hipkiss

Dan Hipkiss in Bloodgate row

Martin Offiah demands an investigation into Heineken Cup claims

It's the same old story for Jonno

England boss keeps faith with his golden oldies in World Cup build-up

'blood' pours from the mouth of Tom Williams during the Heineken Cup Quarter Final

Dean Richards quits Harlequins

Boss goes over 'blood in mouth' scandal and club face Heineken Cup ban

JUSTICE - Lions' Ugo Monye scores a breakaway try between the posts

South Africa 9
GB&I Lions 28

Rampant Lions finally hand out a dose of justice to bleating Boks

HEAD CASE - Victor Matfield of South Africa sports a 'justice' sticker on his scrum hat

Bakkies armband protest to be probed

The IRB will blast the Boks for their Bakkies Botha ban protest

ONE IN THE EYE - Springbok thug Schalk Burger gouges Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald

Lions fury at Springbok cheats

Luke Fitzgerald speaks out after being gouged by Schalk Burger

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