Today's rugby headlines as 'steam train' Alun Wyn smashes into Wales team-mates and 'gobby' Dan Biggar wins over rival

Here are today's rugby headlines on Thursday, March 17.

Alun Wyn Jones has been ploughing into his Wales team-mates "like a steam train" ahead of his 150th cap on the weekend.

Jones has been thrust straight back into the starting XV despite not playing since the end of October. And he's been determined to prove to Wayne Pivac and his team-mates that he is ready and deserving of a place in the starting XV, despite the form of Will Rowlands who has dropped to the bench.

Pivac denies picking Alun Wyn Jones as a marketing ploy

Prop Dillon Lewis, speaking on the Scrum V podcast has revealed the impact Jones has been making in camp over the past few days.

"I've been trying to run away from him to be honest. Just hiding," he laughed. "He's had a few boxes to tick in terms of contact prep and he's been like a steam train running around the field. He brings a lot of leadership to what was quite a young group. It's been good to have him back and fantastic for him to be winning his 150th cap as well.

"It's easy to just look at what players do on the field but some people bring a lot more around the building with their presence and the standards they set. I've never met anyone who comes close to him in terms of those standards and the person he is. He has been a massive loss for us, not just on the field."

Dan Biggar will celebrate his hundredth cap for Wales with warm words from a former adversary whose view of him changed dramatically on the 2017 Lions tour.

England international James Haskell had formed an opinion of the Welsh fly-half based on his ultra-competitive on-pitch demeanour. But the back-rower had a rethink after being drafted into Warren Gatland’s Lions squad five years ago.

“When I had the call-up, I was interested