Today's rugby news as Priestland backed for Wales fly-half jersey and Welsh star 'world-class' right now

Priestland backs Wales fly-half for the jersey.

Rowlands is leading by example for Dragons. Ben Carter was outstanding against the Ospreys. Dai Flanagan has rotated his squad recently. Dragons are preparing to play Zebre on Saturday. They are without their Wales players. They had a good training session on Thursday. Priestland backed for Wales fly-half jersey. Simon Cross is excited about the competition in training.

Priestland is being backed for the fly-half jersey for Wales. He impressed in the last game for Cardiff against the Stormers. Gareth Anscombe and Sam Costelow are also in contention. Anscombe has a rib injury and he will be unavailable for New Zealand.   The All Blacks visit Cardiff on November 5. The game will also be played at Twickenham. It will take place in front of a crowd of 80,000 people. Cardiff backs coach Matt Sherratt believes Priestland can play at 10 and 15. Ospreys boss Toby Booth claims Anscomb had just started training before being called up by Wales and is not fully fit.

Finn Russell was left out of Scotland's autumn international squad. Gregor Townsend says the door is open for him. Racing 92's skills and kicking coach Philippe Doussy expressed his shock and surprise over Russell's omission. Gloucester coach would have been stunned if Adam Hastings and Edinburgh coach Blair Kinghorn hadn't been included.

Wales did the same in the mid-2000s. Scotland will have their names printed on their jerseys this weekend when they play Australia at Murrayfield. England will do the opposite for their clash with Argentina at Twickenham on November 6.

Steve Diamond is trying to rescue the Worcester Warriors from administration. He is leading a consortium that includes former Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen. The consortium wants to get the club back into the Gallagher Premiership in four years. Women's teams are able to play their Allianz Cup matches on Saturday. They can play at Sixways under a temporary licence. They will also play in the Allanz Premier 15s.