Jonny Wilkinson gazed deeply at the Heineken Cup as he considered Toulon’s title showdown with Clermont Auvergne in Dublin and declared: “This is all I have got to play for”.

Leinster A emerged as the British & Irish Cup winners after coming from behind in both normal time and extra time in a dramatic match at Newcastle’s Kingston Park. In the end it was the flair of the Leinster backs that got the better of the Falcons.

LEINSTER tonight emulated Chelsea by winning the Amlin Challenge Cup to ease the blow of losing their status of European champions – and they did it in style.

MELROSE’S new coach John Dalziel believes lifting the Kings of the Sevens title this afternoon would go a long way to making up for this season’s disappointments in the league and cup.

Scotland Under-20s have been forced to replace Aberdeen Grammar’s Alex Hagart in the 2013 Junior World Championship squad because of a back injury.

A GROUP of nine club and age-grade coaches will represent the SRU at conferences this summer and use the opportunities to improve the quality of Scottish coaching.

YESTERDAY, writing about James King’s early retirement from professional rugby, David Ferguson rightly drew attention to the toll the modern game takes on the body.

EXPERIENCE is the one key factor that Nathan Hines believes could carry Clermont Auvergne to their first and his second Heineken Cup final triumph in Dublin tomorrow.

SIX Scottish players are included in the Newcastle Falcons squad for tonight’s final of the British and Irish Cup against Leinster at Kingston Park in what could provide a confidence-lifting boost for the north east England club ahead of their bid to return to the Premiership.

MATT Stevens is delighted to be back among international rugby’s elite but insists he has no regrets about his decision to call time on his England career last summer.

Aberdeen Grammar School FP have appointed Kevin Wyness as their new head coach, replacing Alex Duncan after his four years at the helm.

ALL Blacks captain Richie McCaw has started running and lifting weights again but whether he plays the tail end of the Super Rugby competition is still up in the air.

THREE days before Australian rugby officials announce their squad to face the British and Irish Lions in a three-Test series, they are facing questions over who leaked a supposedly confidential memo outlining which players should be included.

THE physical toll taken by modern rugby is being analysed by medical experts across the world but James King is 
calling time on his professional career in the belief that his body just cannot cope with it.

Ireland’s grand slam-winning captain Brian O’Driscoll ended months of uncertainty over his future yesterday when he agreed to play on for one more year for province and country.

JIM Hamilton will be the only Scotland representative in the Barbarians squad to face England and the British & Irish Lions.

AFTER turning down a move to Edinburgh, Scottish coach Carl Hogg is poised to link up again with Dean Ryan as head coach at Worcester Warriors.

BEN Cairns is the latest professional player to step back into the club game in the hope that it will further strengthen the development of players and club rugby, and his own prospects of becoming a rugby coach.

SAM Warburton might be captain of the 2013 British and Irish Lions – but he does not want or expect preferential selection treatment.

SCOTLAND centre Joe Ansbro has announced his retirement from the game following medical advice that he could not return to rugby safely after suffering a serious injury last year.