British and Irish Lions

And while the Scots were winning a title in Bucharest, Ireland A were blitzing the England Saxons in the Churchill Cup final in Colorado. Their 49-22 victory included six tries.

The Irish Rugby Union will now have to consider adding an extension to their trophy cabinet after a wonderful year. In 2009 they took the RBS Six Nations title, the Triple Crown at international level and saw Leinster win the Heineken cup and Munster capture the Magner League.

It was the boot of Glasgow outside half Ruaridh Jackson that caused the French massive problems in Romania as he kicked 17 points to steer his side home to victory.

England Under 20 also reached the final of the IRB Junior World Championships in Japan, but they were beaten once again by New Zealand in a repeat of the 2008 final.

The Lions of Leicester and Leinster will bring domestic bragging rights with them to tomorrow's farewell dinner after they helped their respective sides to league titles on Saturday.

Assistant coach Graham Rowntree says The British & Irish Lions will have to be fully focussed to avoid a potential banana skin when they face The Barbarians a week today.

Lions skipper Sam Warburton says the lessons he and his Welsh colleagues learnt in Australia last summer will stand them in good stead for their return visit with Britain and Ireland's elite next month.