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A KIND SCHEDULE AND POST-LIONS FATIGUE SWINGS THE BALL INTO FRANCE’S COURT. WILL ALLDRITT AND CO TAKE ADVANTAGE BY RETAINING THEIR TITLE?

THE COMING MAN IN ENGLAND’S FRONT ROW IS SOAKING UP KNOWLEDGE – AND HE’S READY TO MAKE HIS MARK

IRELAND ARE FIGHTING THE TIDE OF AN AGEING SQUAD BUT ARE WELL STOCKED WITH THIS WORLD-CLASS, TRY-HUNGRY HOOKER

Get to know Bristol’s dynamic hooker HARRY THACKER

SATURDAY 3—FRIDAY 9 JANUARY 2026