england s preparations for the rugby world cup have gone from bad to worse today with fiji beating them for the first time ever. it finished 30 22 to the pacific islanders at twickenham, meaning england go into next months world cup having lost five of their last six matches. ben croucher was watching. there s not been much for england to smile about before the world cup. defeats, suspensions and injuries but against fiji, one last chance to head to france with some form. with the rain falling, it felt more like autumn or spring than summer. england in blue, quite like may though. commentator: jonny may! england 8 0 fiji. a first try by an england back in more than six hours of rugby. the heavens opened but the scoring dried up for england anyway. nayacalevu when fiji had a player in the sin bin and some of england s banned bunch could do nothing about it. the players on the pitch were helpless too. commentator: and england s hole gets darker and darker and darker! from the abyss
and injuries against harlequins. it was 17 17 at half time but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going clinching the bonus point in their second straight win in the champions cup. nine dart finishes are like the proverbial red buses at london s alexandra palace it seems. you wait six years for one then two come along in two days. last night, scotland s william borland won his first round match at the pdc world championship with a nine darter. today we had another, as lithunia s darius labunauskas completed the rare feat in his match against belgium s mike de dekker. it was all in vain, though he ended up losing. that s all the sport for now. the bbc sport website and app will keep you right up to date and we ll have a comprehensive round up in sportsday at 6.30. a woman who was arrested after a fire which killed four young children in south london has been bailed. although formal identification is yet to take place, police say they are confident
and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro up to eighth. bournemouth have now gone six games without a win. all european rugby games involving french and british sides are off this weekend, due to french travel restrictions. that s left three matches today. cardiff were without 42 players due to covid quarantine and injuries against harlequins. it was 17 17 at half time, but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going over to clinch the bonus point. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. a woman who was arrested after a fire which killed four young children in south london has been bailed. although formal identification is yet to take place, police say they are confident the children were twins leyton and logan hoath, aged three, and kyson and bryson hoath, aged four.