You are never afraid on a rugby pitch, but maybe we showed New Zealand too much respect.

BBC: All Blacks look for tougher test

"It's not the greatest pitch, it's a rugby pitch, they don't look after us at all here, " Bellamy told BBC Sport.

BBC: Bellamy bemoans Millennium pitch

South Africa's Beeld newspaper quoted Mr Langman as saying that some of the crocodiles had been recaptured on a school rugby pitch in Muskina, a town on the border with Zimbabwe about 120km from the farm.

BBC: South African crocodiles hunt 'continues by night'

Bellamy's criticism of the 72, 500-capacity, Welsh Rugby Union-owned Millennium Stadium pitch was echoed by manager John Toshack and other members of the team.

BBC: Bellamy bemoans Millennium pitch

The Scottish Premier League said a combination of frozen pipes in three of the four stands at Rugby Park and concerns about the pitch due to a fault in the protection system caused by the severe weather prompted the call off.

BBC: Football in snow

Maybe Clive Woodward trusts his men to be good enough to blow Scotland off the pitch with the kind of rugby they have been playing all season.

BBC: Praying for a Scottish miracle

He has already declared he would like to be involved with the team again and will hope the Rugby Football League will give him the chance to pitch for the job.

BBC: Reds wary of Harrison speculation

Former Millennium Stadium executive and ex-Wales rugby international Rupert Moon told the BBC it was primarily a rugby stadium and would never be a Premiership-standard pitch.

BBC: Stadium owners admit shortcomings

The pitch came in for more wear and tear when Wembley hosted a rugby union game between Premiership teams Saracens and Harlequins on Saturday.

BBC: Wembley pitch will be relaid indefinitely up to 2023

Ahuja, a spinal surgery consultant, commended the Scottish Rugby Union and Welsh Rugby Union medical teams for the high standard of care Evans received on the pitch.

BBC: Injured Scotland star Thom Evans returns home

Davies says he feels sorry that the players have been enmeshed in another political row in Welsh rugby, but he feels that they will be able to put the issue aside on the pitch.

BBC: Davies intrigued by Young gamble

Wembley will host a rugby union game between Guinness Premiership teams Saracens and Harlequins on Saturday and fears have been expressed that the pitch will again be in poor condition for the FA Cup decider on 15 May and the England football team's World Cup warm-up match against Mexico on 24 May.

BBC: Groundsmen's group invited to Wembley pitch meeting

Rugby club spokesman Gezz Higgins said it was Mr Nicklinson's wish that his ashes be scattered on the pitch at Cranbrook.

BBC: England