The Olympic Torch has arrived in Wales on the first of a five-day relay through the principality.

Ben Foden is determined to give Mike Tindall a Twickenham farewell he will never forget after the former England captain was named in the Barbarians team for Sunday's non-cap international.

Phil Dowson will captain England in Sunday's non-cap international against the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Leinster 42 Ulster 14

Northampton rugby director Jim Mallinder has agreed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership club.

Nearly 4,000 foreign criminals are still at large in the community despite being earmarked for deportation, it emerged last night.

England will almost certainly havea new batsman for the start of the international summer on Thursday. Both Jonathan Bairstow and James Taylor have sound reasons for expecting the invitation to become the country's 652nd Test player, with Bairstow perhaps the selectors' preferred option.

Harlequins 25 Northampton Saints 23

Harlequins 25 Northampton 23

Home Secretary Theresa May insisted today she was "confident" the Government was "closer to the deportation of Abu Qatada than we were two days ago" after the Jordanian terror suspect lost his attempt to make a final appeal to Europe's human rights judges.

The parallels are freakish: England will travel to South Africa in June for a five-match tour during which they will attempt to lay solid foundations for an assault on the world title a little over three years hence – just as they did in 2000. And we all know what happened then. As every coach involved in that previous trip, from Sir Clive Woodward and Andy Robinson to Brian Ashton and Phil Larder, has subsequently asserted, it was the Springbok Experience that made it all possible.

The parallels are freakish: England will travel to South Africa in June for a five-match tour during which they will attempt to lay solid foundations for an assault on the world title a little over three years hence – just as they did in 2000. And we all know what happened then. As every coach involved in that previous trip, from Sir Clive Woodward and Andy Robinson to Brian Ashton and Phil Larder, has subsequently asserted, it was the Springbok Experience that made everything else possible.

Northampton Saints 42 Worcester Warriors 14: Northampton reach semi-finals but wing suffers spasm after scoring opener