Wales Women have been forced to make one late change to their starting side for Saturday’s Six Nations game as they aim to make history against England at Twickenham Stoop. Number eight Sioned Harries is ruled out by illness and replaced by Alisha Butchers, with Dragons centre Gemma Rowlands coming in to the replacements.

Lee Selby has vowed to silence Eric “The Outlaw” Hunter next month and then look to defend his world title against Carl Frampton. Welshman Selby, the current IBF featherweight champion, has confirmed he will meet mandatory challenger Hunter at the O2 Arena in London on April 9 on a bill that will also feature Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title bout with Charles Martin.

Taulupe Faletau expects England’s thirst for revenge to be stronger than any cousin love that may flow his way at Twickenham tomorrow. The Wales No.8 will re-create the Pontypool bike wars of 2002 when he used to race Billy and Mako Vunipola around the streets after their Tongan mothers got them together in the hope they would drain each other’s energy.

Scrum wars have broken out between Wales and England with both sides firing heat-seeking verbal missiles from their well-stocked supplies of PR weaponry. First to launch a long range attack from Cardiff was Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde, who reacted to a planted question in a press conference by smoothly releasing a well-rehearsed attack on the dodgy scrummaging technique of England prop Joe Marler.

Geraint Thomas stayed fifth overall after surviving a late crash on stage four of Paris-Nice. The Cardiff-born racer was sent tumbling to the tarmac after a touch of wheels in the peloton as the pace hotted up.

Francesco Guidolin has insisted he will not quit as Swansea boss despite admitting trying to save the club from relegation had made him ill. The Swans chief will not be in the dug-out for Saturday’s game at Bournemouth after doctors advised him he needed more time to rest.

Gareth Davies admits his crucial try in the World Cup victory over England at Twickenham has earned him a few free pints. Now he wants to leave the Red Rose punch-drunk again in Saturday’s Six Nation clash that sees the winner on the brink of the title.

Leading Welsh sportswomen have signed a damning letter which accuses the media in Wales of ignoring their achievements. The letter – which also carries the signatures of the two leading officials at Sport Wales – claims the broadcasters BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C are risking the stature of Welsh sport around the world.

Geraint Thomas backed the decision by race organisers to abandon stage three of Paris-Nice on safety grounds. The day’s action was stopped just 65 miles into the stage due to snow which saw temperatures plummet to minus five degrees.

Becky James admits a fairytale return to cycling after injury and a cancer scare has given her a different mindset at she targets Olympic glory. The Abergavenny ace put two years of what she calls her ‘deepest, darkest time’ behind her after winning bronze at the World Track Championships.

Russell Slade was delighted with Cardiff’s performance despite a defeat to Leeds United which dented their play-off hopes. The Bluebirds dominated the game but were hit on the counter attack late on in both halves through Souleymane Doukara and Mirco Antenucci.

Wales will have four players in the Great Britain table tennis team for this summer’s Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The line-up of athletes includes current world No.1 Rob Davies, from Brecon, with the team brimming with experience gained from London 2012, including current Paralympic bronze medallists Paul Davies (Bridgend) & Sara Head (Beddau). Paul Karabardak from Swansea completes the Welsh line-up, where he will be attending his second Paralympic Games.

Jamie Roberts admits it will be “Full Metal Jacket” when Wales clash with England at Twickenham on Saturday. The Wales centre says it has not been that way all week in training and that Warren Gatland insists there is some “fun time” along the way, but in three days there will be smoke and sulphur across the battlefield and Dr. Roberts will not be stopping the treat the casualties in white.

Geraint Thomas boosted his Paris-Nice victory hopes by snatching a few more seconds from his main rivals on stage two. The Cardiff-born flier finished the longest stage of the eight-day race – 132.6 miles – in the first main bunch on Tuesday.

Warren Gatland has issued a firm defence of Wales’ Six Nations form and approach – almost as firm and unyielding as their defence itself. The Wales coach will take an unchanged team to Twickenham to face England on Saturday with both sides yet to suffer a Six Nations defeat after three rounds.

Wales Women’s head coach Rhys Edwards has stuck to a winning formula by naming an unchanged starting XV for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham Stoop. There is only one change from the squad which defeated France at the Gnoll, with Mel Clay replacing Jenny Hawkins on the substitute’s bench.

Welsh cross country champion Dewi Griffiths will team up with Mo Farah in the Great Britain team for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff. Griffiths has been named in a five-man squad for the event which will be held in the capital on March 26.

Rhys Webb has been brought back into the Wales match day squad and will sit on the replacement bench to face England. The Ospreys scrum-half – just two and a half matches into his comeback after the foot injury which ruled him out of the World Cup – will replace Lloyd Williams at Twickenham.

Lee Selby could defend his world title against new WBA and IBF super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton later this year. Selby, Wales’ only current world champion, is in line for a mandatory defence of his IBF Featherweight crown against American Eric Hunter.

Rob Evans tells anyone willing to listen he was twice as good as Samson Lee when the current Wales prop forwards were opponents in primary school. More likely is that there was little between them except for Evans’ talent for talking, compared, that is, to the rather quieter side of the Wales front row due to pack down against England on Saturday.