Six Nations evening headlines as Dan Biggar holds talks with Louis Rees-Zammit as England recall 'edge' for Wales clash

Here are your evening headlines for Thursday February 24.

Wales skipper Dan Biggar has given Louis Rees-Zammit a huge message of encouragement after the shock decision to leave him out of the clash with England this weekend.

The flying winger will return to his club side Gloucester with Wales boss Wayne Pivac preferring Alex Cuthbert and Josh Adams for the trip to Twickenham.

Pivac says the decision was made on tactical grounds and insists Rees-Zammit will return "bigger, better and stronger" when he comes back into the Wales team.

And although Rees-Zammit has been hurt by the decision to drop him, he leaves the Welsh camp with the encouraging words of Biggar in the back of his mind.

The fly-half has predicted a huge response from Rees-Zammit when Gloucester clash with Leicester on Saturday.

Biggar said: "It's never easy when selection doesn't quite go your way for one reason or another.

"But the only people I can think of is someone like a Dan Carter or a Jonny Wilkinson, who have never had to go through it.

"Every one of us in the team and management here have gone through it in our careers. Very rarely do you never get dropped or not selected.

"He's young, he's burst onto the scene, is an incredible talent and is a real poster boy for Wales. But, for him, I'd say: 'you're a young guy, you've got tonnes of time to bounce back'.

"I don't think anyone is thinking this is the end for him at all! At 21, he's got years and years left in him. It wouldn't surprise me to see him have an absolute stormer for Gloucester this weekend."

Biggar went on: "It's hard to say it's not disappointing because it does hurt at the end of the day, when you're not selected.

"That's the first thing that needs to be said but it does act as a