including the winning try deep into overtime as they won 36 33. it s the first time harlequins have reached the knockout stages in europe for nine years. worrying news for england ahead of the six nations in a fortnight, because captain owen farrell looks set to miss at least the first match after suffering an injury in club training. farrell has been out since november with a separate injury to his ankle, and it was only confirmed this week by head coach eddiejones that he was still the captain. he was hoping to return for saracens against london irish in the challenge cup this weekend. england s first game is against scotland on february 5. meanwhile, scotland s women have made it into the world cup play off final after two of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25 february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. if scotland win, they ll be in group a for the delayed tournament
will have a new captain for the start of the six nations after 0wen farrell suffered an injury in club training. farrell has been out since november with a seperate injury to his ankle, and was it only confirmed this week by head coach eddiejones that he d keep the captaincy. he was hoping to return for saracens against london irish in the challenge cup this weekend. england s first game is against scotland on 15 february. the the 5th the 5th of february. meanwhile, scotland s women have made it into the world cup play off final after two of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25 february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. if scotland win, they ll be in group a for the delayed tournament along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand. it starts on 8 october. naomi 0saka says she s proud of her performance despite being knocked out of the australian open in the third round. the
of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. if scotland win, they ll be in group a for the delayed tournament along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand. it starts on the 8th of october. next to a shock at the australian open where the defending women s champion naomi osaka has been knocked out by the unseeded american amanda ani simova. was seeded 13th due to just coming back to the game after 4 months off. but she d eased through the opening rounds and started well against ani simona winning the first set, then the american fought back to level it and then after surviving two match points, she took the decider in a tie break. going into this match, and he and had to play sharp if wa nted to give myself a
just win tonight, what a carrot that is, what an incentive that is to get us to do it, the first chance of getting a group stage. scotland have experience of being heroic but not delivering. it s 3-1! archie gemmill s wonder goal 43 years ago before his country went out of the world cup. scotland need to clean up at hampden because there will be nothing glorious in a defeat tonight. jane dougall, bbc news, hampden. scotland fans are gathering across the country in the hope of witnessing a moment of history if scotland win their match tonight. our correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow now. fans are slowly making their way into the fan zone here on glasgow green. there is space for 3000 fans here, and believe me, it will be full when the game kicks off in just under a couple of hours. this is a ticketed event. it is covid secure,
restricted big night. margaret, the landlady, is english, but remains impeccably impartial. i think the atmosphere will be very good. i honestly do. i think it ll be all good hearted. you ve got to have a winner, haven t you? so, i m not shouting for anybody, anywhere. ijust keep out of the way. i ll stand at the door. strictly neutral? yeah. at the berwick holiday park, some believe in actions rather than words. but for others, tonight s match is the conversation between two nations. so what are you going for it tomorrow, matty? what do you reckon the score will be? i think it ll be euro 96 all over again. 2 0, england. yourself? no chance. scotland. my heart says 3 0, a confident, dominant performance. but my head says probably another 1 0 90th minute penalty, glorious defeat, but i m sure we will come out fighting. i think you should go with your head. 0h! i can t see a scotland win,