News In Brief

**Bristol Shoguns wing Phil Christophers will win his second cap for England after earning a call-up to the starting XV to face South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.
Christophers will start on the left wing, with Ben Cohen moving to the right wing. The 22-year-old has been in good form for the Shoguns and staked his claim with two tries against Newcastle in the 38-10 win 10 days ago.

**Ireland have brought back a clutch of big names to face Argentina this weekend at Lansdowne Road. Backs Girvan Dempsey, Ronan O'Gara and Peter Stringer and forwards Reggie Corrigan, Shane Byrne, Gary Longwell, Victor Costello and Keith Gleeson have all been restored to the Irish starting XV after being rested or put on the bench in Sunday's 64-17 victory against Fiji.

**England prop Jason Leonard sported two cauliflower ears when he collected an MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

Leonard was accompanied at the Palace by his sons Harry, three, and Jack, 20 months, his partner Sandra, and his parents Maria and Frank. Leonard will earn his 99^th cap for his country on Saturday against South Africa.

**Italy's star fly-half Diego Dominguez has been ruled out of Saturday's one-off Test with the world champion Wallabies in Genoa after picking up an injury against Argentina over the weekend. Dominguez, who scored six points against his country of birth on Saturday, picked up ligament damage to his right knee and had to watch the second half from the sidelines as his team went down 36-6.