in it; unc fortunate in in in; up a it a z f1661tugum 16a itm 6, fwwm u itu6 6, it16 fortunate in this game to learn very fortunate in this game to learn a few things out and weve got into a few things out and weve got into a competition match and now we go up against much sterner challenges in the backyard, so i think it is built nicely and it will be a real test to see where we are at and how much we have got to do in order to play the game a trademark of the irish team is to be physically dominant and i thought last week we were not as consistent as we usually are that aspect of the game and we never quit to step it up and make sure that we just keep putting pressure on the team for dominance. Two mouthwatering matches tomorrow then. Our reporter Sarah Mulkerrins is in edinburgh ahead of the battle for the calcutta cup and has been looking ahead to both games
with our rugby Union Correspondent chris jones. Who says despite the strong words and feirce rivalries its all in good taste look, people, welshmen, scotsmen, they do not like losing a rugby, but i think that is a distinction when they talk about hate, theyre talking about it in a rugby context, that 80 minutes of calcutta cup action, that does not mean that after the game theyre not going to have a beer and hug and be friends. Ultimately, it is all kept in perspective, it is all done in the context perspective, it is all done in the co ntext a nd perspective, it is all done in the context and that is what makes the six nations so special. The cross border rivalries, the fact that scotland, smaller countries and fewer resources can take england down a peg or two that is what makes it so special, nor the sport as this annual competition between nominations, something we should enjoyed rather than be overly offended by the low language in
there. People say things about how england is going to brutally physically dominate the french and how england are going to expose the french and experience, how are going to be the greatest team of our time, sometimes those words are backed up and sometimes in the case of last week, they are not and are forced down a little bit, i know he cannot really help us if youd rather be very loud and completely quiet and most of the media, we cannot have it both ways. They either say give us as headlights we dont go too far. When he is under pressure, is because he england boss was head coach, where the context, it flies. So it is a big one for england and other went to play and deal with the power shortage is fascinating and yeah, and that makes it even more gripping game tomorrow than it ever would have been if they lost last week in paris. And it is a brilliant game because is a beautiful combination of fixtures. If were honest, for the past ten years they
have dominated this championship. They have won three titles each in that game against wales, that is huge. That is an enormous game, in terms of that reverie, but still, it could be going after 50 years in the calcutta cup, if you ask ten days ago, england going nine times out of ten, england, scotland lost but play very well in dublin, shades of 2000 and all of that, shades of 1990, so who knows. But yeah, for the home nations, it does not get much better than tomorrow. Now stayting with rugby union, saracens have escaped being kicked out of the champions cup forfielding an ineligible player, instead just receiving a fine. And on the pitch they are out of the Premiership Rugby cup after losing 28 7 to sale sharks in the semifinal. Sale scored three quick fire tries in the first half to do the damage. They will play harlequins in the final next month. In super league, hull fc won the derby after beating
hull kingston rovers 25 16. It was a gallant effort by rovers but the home side had too much in the end, Danny Houghton marking his 350th appearance with a try. It was also his 29th successive derby. Great britains women have it all to do if theyre to qualify for the new fed cup finals in april. Theyre two rubbers to nil down in their five match tie against slovakia in bratislava. Harriet dart lost to viktoria kuzmova. Dart took the first set on a tie break but kuzmova won the next two. Dart saved five match points but eventually was beaten in three sets. Earlier Heather Watson lost the first match beaten in straight sets by world number 199 anna karolina. Gb are without bothjohanna konta and Katie Boulter and face a real battle now heading into tomorrows doubles and reverse singles rubbers
bristol city have missed the chance to go third in the championship after losing 3 1 to birmingham city. Bristol city took the lead after just a0 seconds, but the away side recovered with goals from scott hogan, an own goal from Andreas Weimann and this from Lukas Jutkiewicz in injury time. Bristol city had won their previous four League Matches without conceding a goal. There are only four premier League Fixtures this weekend as some clubs go on their winter breaks. Manchester city face west ham on sunday but therell be no raheem sterling. He picked up a hamstring injury last weekend during their defeat at tottenham. His manager says he could be out for weeks so hes a doubt for the league game against leicester on the 22nd when they come back from their break. They also play real madrid at the end of the month in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie. Injuries to key players has been a theme at city this season
a problem and in the first year, and the season for five mount, for five months and always a problem but it is what it is. These things happen u nfortu nately. Is what it is. These things happen unfortunately. Especially for the players. Time now for some of the days other sport stories jurgen klopp has won the manager of the month award forjanuary, his fifth of this campaign. Thats a record for a single season which takes him past Pep Guardiola who won it four times two years ago. An investigation into the formula two crash that killed Anthoine Hubert at last years belgian grand prix has found that no driver was to blame. The 22 year old frenchman was stationary when he was hit by another car at almost 140 miles per hour. The fia says there were multiple contributory factors that led to the tragedy
israel folaus catalans dragons debut wont be this weekend, theyve left him out of the squad for sundays game at wakefield. The former rugby union star was sacked by Rugby Australia for making homophobic comments and his super league signing has upset many clubs former england netballer Tamsin Greenway is the new head coach of scotland. She had Great Success as director of wasps netball and will lead the thistles through to the next world cup in 2023. Englands second one dayer against south africa was abandoned because of rain in durban. The match had aleady been reduced to 26 overs and south africa were 71 for 2 in the twelfth over when the game was called off. England cant win the series now but can level it if they win in johannesburg on sunday well after the match england one day captain eoin morgan was asked about injured fast bowler jofra archer. Archers out for around three months following a stress fracture to his right elbow. Hell now aim to be fit for the three match test series with west indies at home injune, and morgan believes archers future workload needs to be carefully managed he plays all three formats and similarto he plays all three formats and similar to ben stokes, in that regard. They need rest, they cannot spend this continuous long period of time away from home, mentally, you can struggle but physically can have a big impact as well. Thats all from sportsday. Well have more sport throughout the weekend. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the womens editor at the telegraph, claire cohen and comment and features editor at city am, rachel cunliffe. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Like many of them the suns cover features Phillip Schofield coming out as gay. The mirrors got the reaction of the this morning presenters mum. The guardian reports on a possible link between benefit claim problems and suicides. The independent has more fallout over the uks decision to let huawei use our 5g networks. The telegraph leads on comments from the business secretary Andrea Leadsom over a cabinet reshuffe. The daily mails front page features news that the duke and duchess of sussex attended a jp morgan
event in miami. And the express says britons are optimistic about the countrys future after brexit. Those of the front pages and let us start with the story of the day and the weights coming on the front pages of the daily mirror, im shocked but proud. Would you like to kick us off . The word proud is used in front of the mirror but also on front of the sun. A positive reaction and thereve been a lot of people calling him braids as well. Really noticeably positive language, anything that youre scared of doing that you do anyway is brave. Particularly when youre in the public eye and sit on the self and from millions of people and talk about your sexuality, it cannot be an easy thing. Notably, pictures we re an easy thing. Notably, pictures were his wife on the front of the mirror who said that he is sorry for the hurt he has caused her up to 27
yea rs of the hurt he has caused her up to 27 years of marriage. We have not heard anything from her today and she was not involved in that interview at all. By his account, she has been incredibly supportive. You can see them welling up when telling the story about how incredible she has been and i have heard, as you have mentioned, ive heard of a lot of women who have been through this experience and really mixed reactions, some of them really identifying with what philip was saying, others actually saying how ha rd saying, others actually saying how hard it had been when their husband was being hailed as a hero for having talked so openly and they felt that their whole lives have been ripped apart. That is not to say that is the case here. But it is worth taking a moment to consider that, i think. Worth taking a moment to consider that, ithink. But worth taking a moment to consider that, i think. But is also really noticeable on the coverage of this on the other tablets is how it has been covered in the past. We had Michael Barrymore 25 years ago, i
guess, it was still portrayed as a little bit cd, maybe. Morally dubious thing which is in a really recent history and it is notable that this is actually positive we have moved on in the world and covering these stories. |j have moved on in the world and covering these stories. I agree with piers morgan for the first time i think ever. It takes a lot of guts to do this, especially if you have a public figure youre absolutely right, i have done the coming out thing. It in private or at the idea of doing it to millions of people on live tv across the nation is absolutely, it is incredibly brave or distant because there is a very sad element, obviously, his wife and also that he felt that he had to hide it for as long as he did and i think real the times of changed is that the reaction has been universally positive and it obviously was not there when the past otherwise it would not have taken so long to do. But a message
and notjust taken so long to do. But a message and not just what taken so long to do. But a message and notjust what he did browse the reaction, proud, people calling them brave and a lot of people to saying obviously doesnt really in any way impact with the thought of him professionally or personally, theyre going to be a lot of teenagers watching this who, perhaps of their own insecurities in their owii of their own insecurities in their own fears he can see that things have changed and it doesnt ruin your life the way that perhaps he may have thought that it would have when he that age. The actions of the starters at that post university age. They gave him a great big hug and youre seeing that generational attitude change. Youre saying that you speak about how terrifying it is about coming out, what is the terrifying aspect of it was back the perceived reaction or what would come next . Because for many people today, they think oh, 0k. Just carry on. That isjust today, they think oh, 0k. Just carry on. That is just how much things have changed. It is very personal. How same sex relationships have been depicted in the media, when i was a teenager, there basically was no gay character on tv and if they were, they were not shown in healthy, loving relationships with values in children, that is really changed now and you have got openly gay cabinet ministers, people in the media, yet these characters being depicted in these characters being depicted in the way that it is just an aspect of the way that it is just an aspect of the personality and as i make them any different. Obviously the fact that we are still talking about it shows that is. It also gives her the message of support for those going to something similar. It is more, you are not alone and you can carry on. Let us turn to the telegraph and tell the viewers about proposals for licence fee tears. This is the government, im not going to say we re government, im not going to say were on the bbc in war. But in
downing street, there is this habit tojump downing street, there is this habit to jump change downing street, there is this habit tojump change and it downing street, there is this habit to jump change and it does seem a little proportion that you could potentially go to prison for not paying something which is not true for any other service, such as not paying electricity bill. This is an idea of a tiered system where if you watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if hejust watch lots of bbc, you would pay more if he just watched a little bit of it, just use the website, you would pay less but the passwords and it is all coming out of the consultation, not problem though because public really value the bbc, particularly the news elements and also a lot of the entertainment in the sense that the op ed, basically, the sense that the op ed, basically, the bbc moving into the Digital World to compete with netflix, and competitive blockbusters saying that it is going out of date. At any time
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