1.   Plans for a rugby league test between Australia and Britain have been abandoned, International Super League board chairman Maurice Lindsay said Sunday.

2.   PARIS - France and South Africa meet in the second of two rugby tests with France trying to break a losing streak against the World Cup champions.

3.   A lower back injury has forced prop Peter Wright from the Scottish team for the second rugby union test Saturday against New Zealand at Eden Park.

4.   Argentina has cut three players and made two positional changes for the second rugby union test against New Zealand on Saturday.

5.   Argentine center Diego Cuesta Silva withdrew Saturday from the team to face world champion Australia in the first rugby union test at Ballymore on Sunday.

6.   Bolger will be in the stands in Cape Town Saturday for a rugby test between the All Blacks and Springboks.

7.   Botica, who played seven rugby union tests for New Zealand, spent five seasons with Wigan before linking with the Warriors earlier this year.

8.   British front rower Keiron Cunningham was ruled out of the first rugby league test against Australia Wednesday after needing surgery on a hernia injury.

9.   Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has been appointed to coach Australia for the remaining two rugby league tests against New Zealand in October.

10.   But while Roff has overcome injury doubts for the first rugby test to be played in his home town, both hookers have been hit by problems.