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The Red Roses have had a player sent off in two of their last three matches.

Almost 50,000 people are expected at the home of English rugby for the Women’s Six Nations clash against Ireland, with coach John Mitchell making minimal changes to his starting side

A member of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup winning team has opened up on the dangers of the sport.

The Leicester scrum half worked with England’s trio of nines ahead of Saturday’s Women’s Six Nations fixture

Owens won 91 caps for Wales, winning the Six Nations on four occasions including two grand slams

Owens played 91 times for Wales.

The former England international, who has early onset dementia, says he cannot remember playing in the 2003 World Cup final

The Irish province have pulled off a major coup by signing New Zealand’s brilliant centre.

The Lions will play three Tests against world champions New Zealand.

The British and Irish Lions will take on New Zealand in a three-test series in 2027

Everything you need to know ahead of the championship

France and England remain undefeated ahead of their meeting on the final weekend

Bordeaux 41-42 Harlequins: Quins produced a stunning display to upset the French favourites

Scotland 0-46 England: The Red Roses stayed perfect with a dominant victory in Edinburgh depite another red card

The Red Roses have not lost in the fixture since 1998.

The Chiefs fought back to beat Bath 21-15 last week to book their spot in the quarter-finals.

The then 30-year-old was warned about his behaviour the year before for making homophobic comments on his social media channels.

A trial tested the size 4.5 ball which is around three per cent smaller and up to four per cent lighter.

Regular skipper Marlie Packer is named on the bench with fellow centurion Scarratt absent entirely from Mitchell’s squad

The Irish official has had an outstanding 11-year refereeing career.

Exclusive interview: Gregson spent nearly a decade out of the England set-up amid a horror run of injuries — but the centre is back for the Women’s Six Nations and desperate to make up for lost time

Hooper made his debut in the shorter format in Hong Kong and Habana, who narrowly missed out on the Olympics in 2016, believes the flanker has what it takes to make a success of his switch

Former England captain is new patron of Injured Players Foundation.

Bordeaux 45-12 Saracens: The French side romped to victory scoring six tries

The RPA’s Lynsey Hyslop tells The Independent about her role as England’s player development manager and how the best women’s rugby team in the world are thriving outside of the sport, too

The 34-year-old won 75 caps and appeared in two World Cup finals

Ireland 21-27 Italy: The hosts got within two metres of the Italian line in the final moments but couldn’t power over for the try that may have given them victory in Dublin

Herbst only served seven minutes of his 10-minute sin-bin before returning to the field

The Red Roses brushed aside Wales to continue their winning start to the Six Nations.

A crowd of 19,700 watched the action at Ashton Gate.