Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

MIDLANDS (v North, CIS Divisional Championship, Northampton, today): J Steele (Northampton); S Hackney (Leicester), F Packman (Northampton), S Purdy (Moseley), H Thorneycroft (Northampton); J Harris (Leicester), A Kardooni; G Baldwin (Northampton), R Cockerill (Leicester), D Garforth, M Johnson, S Lloyd (Moseley), J Wells, D Richards, C Millhouse (Northampton).

NORTH: M Jackson (Wakefield); R Underwood (Leicester), K Simms (Liverpool St Helens, capt), J Fletcher (Northampton), J Sleightholme (Wakefield); P Grayson (Northampton), D Scully (Wakefield); P Lancaster (West Hartlepool), S Mitchell, S McMain (Sheffield), J Dixon (West Hartlepool), C Cusani (Orrell), C Vyvyan (Wharfdale), N Ashurst (Orrell), A McFarlane (Sale).

ARGENTINA (v South Africa, Buenos Aires, today): S Meson; M Teran, D Cuesta Silva, S Salvat, G Jorge; L Arbizu, G Camardon; P Noriega, R Le Fort, M Corral, G Llanes, P Sporleder, G Ugartemendia, P Fernandez Bravo, R Perez.

SOUTH AFRICA: C Dirks or A Joubert; J Small, H Fuls, P Muller, J Olivier; J Stransky, J Van der Westhuizen; B Swart, J Allan, G Kebble, S Atherton, H Strydom, T Strauss, F Pienaar, R Kruger.