Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

AUSTRALIAN WORLD CUP SQUAD (provisional): M Pini, M Burke, T Kelaher, D Campese, D Smith, B Lea, D Junee, J Little, T Horan, P Howard, M Lynagh, D Knox, G Gregan, P Slattery, S Payne, T Gavin, T Dempsey, I Tabua, W Ofahengaue, D Wilson, G Morgan, W Waugh, R McCall, J Eales, T Daly, E McKenzie, M Hartill, P Kearns, M Bell, M Foley.

PILKINGTON CUP Second round draw: South: Askeans v Redruth; Lydney v Esher; Met Police v Havant; Rosslyn Park v Blackheath; Ruislip v Clifton; Henley v Launceston; Basingstoke v Plymouth Albion; Reading v Barking; Tabard v Weston-super-mare; Maidenhead v High Wycombe; North Walsham v Exeter; Richmond v Cambourne. North: West Park v Broughton Park; Sandal v Winnington Park; Tynedale v Otley; Stourbridge v Bedford; Camp Hill v Liverpool St Helens; Aspatria v Leeds; Lichfield v Preston Grasshoppers; Harrogate v Sheffield; Rugby v London Welsh; Morley v Rotherham; Scunthorpe v Hereford; Wharfedale v Walsall. (London Welsh in North section to correct imbalance between regions. Ties on 8 October).