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SATURDAY 3—FRIDAY 9 JANUARY 2026

Get to know Bristol’s dynamic hooker HARRY THACKER

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 SCARLETS FULL-BACK HAS BEEN A RARE RAY OF LIGHT IN THIS GENERATIONAL WOEFUL RUN OF FORM FOR WALES

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