not penalising duncan watmore for an accidental handball, before he picked out matt crooks for the equaliser. bruno fernandes had a great chance to put win it in normal time, but gifted an open goal, he hit a post. 1 1 at fulltime, it went to extra time. no goals in that. here s the moment it was decided anthony elanga firing over the bar for manchester united, middlesbrough from the championship winning 8 7 on penalties and they are through to the fifth round. gloucester are up to second in the rugby union premiership with a comfortable win over london irish. only three tries for them no bonus point, but they are now four points off leaders leicester. ruan ackerman went over twice as they beat irish by 24 points to seven at kingsholm. ulster are the new leaders in the united rugby championship after a bonus point win over connacht. robert baloucoune scored two of their four tries. this was the best of them. it finished 32 12 in belfast. ulster go to two points clear of
in the rugby union premiership with a comfortable win over london irish. only three tries for them no bonus point, but they are now four points off leaders leicester. ruan ackerman went over twice as they beat irish by 24 points to seven at kingsholm. and ulster are the new leaders in the united rugby championship after a bonus point win over connacht. robert baloucoune scored two of their four tries. this was the best of them. it finished 32 12 in belfast. ulster go to two points clear of edinburgh at the top of the table. it s the start of rugby union s six nations championship this weekend. wales will begin the defence of their title in dublin against italy. it s also the calcutta cup, england are in edinburgh looking to avenge last year s defeat to scotland at twickenham. the interesting thing about this game is that all the external pressure is on scotland. we ve always got pressure. everyone
in the semi finals, on thursday night for a place at old trafford. in union, george ford delivered the perfect response, to being left out of england s latest training squad, as leicester beat gloucester 33 26, in the premiership. ford, who s won 77 caps and played in two world cups, will miss an england camp that starts tomorrow. he kicked three penalties and two conversions as they secured a bonus point win at kingsholm. rugby union s new united rugby championship got underway last night. it s the replacement for the pro 14 league. ulster held off glasgow warriors to win a 9 try thriller in belfast by 35 29. in the night s other match cardiff rugby overcame adversity they lost two key players in the opening 21 minutes, but still beat connacht 33 21 at the arms park. the weather forecast in sochi for qualifying for the russian grand prix later today is looking so bad
hasn t played for liverpool since february because of injury, but he too is aiming to make the final 26. it ll be announced in a few hours time at 5pm. meanwhile, some worrying news for the scotland team ahead of the tournament. midfielderjohn fleck has tested positive for covid at the squad s camp in spain. the sheffield united player will now self isolate and will not travel with the rest of the squad to portugal for tomorrow s friendly against the netherlands. the rest of the squad have been tested and have all returned negative results. there s less than two weeks to go now until their first match against the czech republic at hampden park. elsewhere, saturday s premiership rugby fixture between gloucester and bath at kingsholm has been called off because of a covid outbreak in the gloucester squad. the cherry and whites say a number of positive tests were returned by players and other staff. the match won t be rescheduled with a panel allocating
league in 2014. i think the overwriting of motive and surprise, little bit frustrated we won t be able to see this project through because me personally, we been a little bit unsure about some aspects of the team later in the season. i think everybody was ready to give carlo an opportunity to invest in the squad and put a stamp on things. that s a really try and prove everything going forward with some new players in the summer but unfortunately as we sit here now i will not happen. so surprise or frustration i would say, that s the overriding emotion right now. to rugby union. saturday s premiership rugby fixture between gloucester and bath at kingsholm has been called off because of a covid outbreak in the gloucester squad. the cherry and whites say a number of positive tests were returned by players and other staff. the match wont be rescheduled with a panel allocating the points for the match.