Today's rugby headlines as England's new star names Wales player as toughest opponent

Your rugby morning headlines Saturday, March 26.

England full-back Freddie Steward has been singing the praises of Welsh counterpart Liam Williams.

The pair went head-to-head when Wales went to Twickenham during this year's Six Nations and the two-time Lion obviously left an impression on the 21-year-old.

When asked for the toughest opponent he faced in his debut Six Nations, Steward told RugbyPass: "Liam Williams was someone I was really excited to play against.

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"Obviously, he's another full-back and one of his best strengths is in the air so, for me, that was a really exciting prospect, to go toe-to-toe with one of the best in the world.

"He's very strong, he's a good runner, he's very well-rounded."

Asking the questions, former Scotland international Ryan Wilson added: "Not the biggest man but he is a strong bloke, isn't he?

"Scaffolder by trade, that man. He's a tough bloke

"When you hit him, it's just like 'you shouldn't be able to do this, why are you so hard to hit?'"

Ospreys boss Toby Booth has described his side's defeat to the Lions as 'painful'.

Booth's charges were second best for much of the contest in Johannesburg as they lost control of proceedings and ended up on the wrong end of a 45-15 scoreline.

The Lions ran in seven tries, scoring almost at will towards the end of the match.

Asked for his thoughts after the game, he said: "Painful. Yeah, very painful.

"We knew what we had to be good at and we weren't good enough for long periods and that's very, very disappointing.

"We knew it was going to be loose and fast, and any team that allows that to happen is going to struggle defensively.

"They stuck together, they hung in there. But we can't be satisfied with