We are the Six Nations champions, and it's probably no harm to remind ourselves of that fact, because we're in a spot of bother ahead of this November series. First up are South Africa this weekend, Gerry Thornley and Grenoble Top 14 head coach Bernard Jackman assess our chances against a side that have changed the blueprint .

Sport is littered with managerial number 2's faltering when they make the step up to the hot seat. Rory Gallagher is better set than most though as he takes over from Jim McGuinness as Donegal senior football manager, as Keith Duggan explains.

Plus there's Ken's obsession with scrum-halves, Eoin's lateral thinking, rugby stereotypes and footballers needing to work on their poker face.