Today's rugby headlines as Dan Biggar 'gutted' mother won't see him captain Wales and Eddie Jones embarrasses himself

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Thursday, January 27.

Wales captain Dan Biggar says he is gutted his late mother won't be around to see him lead his country.

The new national skipper's mother Liz died in the summer shortly before the Lions tour to South Africa.

Liz was Biggar's biggest supporter and he says she would have been incredibly proud of his captaincy achievement.

"It will obviously be a very proud day," he said.

"I tend to be immensely focussed on match day and don't tend to deal with the emotional side.

"My mum passed away six months ago so she will obviously be at the forefront of my mind.

"She'd have been over the moon, I'd have struggled to get her off the phone I think after Wayne phoned me on Sunday night.

"She'll be a massive thought and I'm gutted she won't be around to see it. I'm hoping I can do her incredibly proud."

England coach Eddie Jones has revealed the embarrassing moment he called British Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill by the wrong name after she was invited into the squad to talk to his players.

Ennis-Hill has been advising England's squad on how to deal with expectation after being invited to talk at their Brighton training camp.

The London 2012 heptathlon gold medallist took part in a Q&A organised by Maro Itoje and George Furbank to assist Eddie Jones' team in their Six Nations title quest.

"She was obviously an outstanding athlete and it's a great story with the resilience she showed and the expectation she had to cope with," Jones said.

"I embarrassed myself at the start by calling her the wrong name. It's a bit embarrassing for the team that their head coach is such a dodo. We all make mistakes and we get on with it.

"She was really good and had good messages for the team,