George Ford

Wales have made no secret of the fact that diminutive England fly-half George Ford will be in their juggernaut back division's sights at Twickenham on Saturday.

George Ford kicked a match-winning conversion with the game's final kick as Bath dramatically ended Wasps' unbeaten European Champions Cup record with a 25-23 victory in front of England head coach Eddie Jones.

Sam Burgess is among the casualties as England have named a revamped matchday 23 for Saturday's final World Cup group match against Uruguay in Manchester.

Jonny Wilkinson has thrown his weight behind George Ford's bid to lead England's World Cup charge at fly-half.

Ugo Monye celebrated his Twickenham Stoop farewell with two tries but it was not enough to prevent Harlequins from slipping to a 27-26 defeat which guarantees Bath's presence in the Aviva Premiership play-offs.

Bath pair George Ford and Jonathan Joseph, Harlequins skipper Joe Marler and Saracens number eight Billy Vunipola have been shortlisted for the England player of the year award, voted for by the Rugby Players' Association.

George Ford insists England will not be haunted by the fear of failure as they target an emphatic response to their chastening RBS 6 Nations title setback in Ireland.

George Ford has warned England not to fall into France's trap of targeting Johnny Sexton at all costs in the pivotal RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland in Dublin.

Capped an incredible 98 times for Ireland, Peter Stringer at 36-years-old is still performing within the top flight of English rugby, alongside one of its newest stars – George Ford.