SATURDAY 3—FRIDAY 9 JANUARY 2026

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Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

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

AN OUTSTANDING AUTUMN UNDERLINED THE ITALIAN FLANKER’S VALUE TO AN AZZURRI TEAM SHOWING NEW LEVELS OF MATURITY

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