Rugby briefs: Baxter and Gustard | World Cup | Scotland | Pollock | U-16 title

EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter and Saracens defence specialist Paul Gustard will join Stuart Lancaster’s revamped England management team for the summer tour of Argentina.

Baxter and Gustard have been recruited to fill in for Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell, who will be on British and Irish Lions duty at the same time England embark on their Test trip to South America.

Lancaster will also be supported by Mike Catt, the attacking skills coach.

• Foreign players coming to England for the 2015 Rugby World Cup will not receive tax exemptions, Government sources have confirmed.

Tax breaks have been agreed for the footballers of the two Champions League finalists, who play at Wembley in May, and the athletes coming to London for the Diamond League in July or Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

However the International Rugby Board did not apply.

• Scotland suffered their second defeat by England in just over three weeks after losing 25-12 in the semi final of the FIRA-AER Under-18 tournament in Grenoble yesterday.

Scotland were trailing 25-0 early in the second half but tries by Ruaraidh Smith and Reece Patterson and a conversion by Gavin Lowe saw the Scots end with a respectable scoreline. The Scots face Ireland in Saturday’s 3/4th place play-off.

• Chris Pollock of New Zealand, Craig Joubert of South Africa and Romain Poite of France will referee the three Tests during the British and Irish Lions rugby tour of Australia this summer. Pollock has the first in Brisbane on 22 June, Joubert the second in Melbourne on 29 June and Poite the third in Sydney on 6 July.

It will be the first Lions Test for each of them, and they will also run the touchlines for each other.

• The 2013 Brewin Dolphin Scottish School Under-16 Plate title will be shared by Bell-Baxter High School and Jedburgh Grammar School after the final on the back pitch Murrayfield last night ended in a 15-15 draw. Jedburgh Grammar School looked to be heading for victory but in the last play Bell-Baxter were awarded a penalty and from 40 metres out Callum Harris levelled the scores with an excellent pressure kick.