"A few months ago, a tumour was found on my spine, which a biopsy confirmed as Langerhans cell histiocytosis - a condition with only around 50 new cases in the UK each year."While it's not the outcome we were hoping for, the prognosis is better than we initially feared, and it's not as aggressive as we once thought."I'm currently undergoing…

After that shock victory over the world champions to start their stint in Canada, Scott Bemand's side came into the game as notional favourites and certainly looked set to justify that tag in the early stages.Dominating territory and possession through the opening minutes, the only source of frustration for Ireland will have been their failure to make that advantage count.Predictably,…

Glasgow: Rowe, Dobie, Jones, McDowall (c), Cordero, Hastings, Horne;Bhatti, Matthews, Fagerson, Brown, Cummings, Ferrie, Darge, Dempsey.Replacements: Stewart, McBeth, Schickerling, Samuel, Williamson, Venter, Afshar, Jordan.Zebre: Prisciantelli, Trulla, Paea, Gregory, Gesi, Da Re, Garcia; Rizzoli, Ribaldi, Nocera, Krumov, Zambonin, Ferrari, Andreani, Licata (c).Replacements: Bigi, Taddei, Neculai, Canali, Bianchi, Fusco, Mazza, Cambriani.

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, Addison, Bedlow, Reed; R du Preez, Warr; McIntyre, Cowan-Dickie, Harper, Bamber, Andrews, Van Rhyn, B Curry, T Curry.Replacements: Caine, Onasanya, Opoku-Fordjour, Beaumont, D du Preez, Thomas, Curtis, Dugdale.Sin-bin: Cowan-Dickie (50)Newcastle: Obatoyinbo; Radwan, Spencer, Hutchison, Stevenson; Grayson, Stuart; Brocklebank, Blamire, Palframan, Rubiolo, Hawkins, Van der Walt, Gordon, Chick.Replacements: Fletcher, Du Bruin, McCallum, Lockwood, Scott, Davis, Metcalf, Brown.Sin-bin: Chick…