It's the honour of winning a cap and playing for your country There's not that much money about Look at Wales in

It's the honour of winning a cap and playing for your country There's not that much money about Look at Wales in the World Cup. New Zealand internationals may be on pounds 100,000 contracts but, by comparison, their counterparts in Wales are still living in the Stone Age. "I haven't signed a contract, I haven't seen a contract," Craig said "I'm not sure I'll get anything for playing on Saturday It doesn't bother me. Craig Quinnell is wearing a colourful tie emblazoned with the characters from the Flintstones. It was a Christmas present from his brother, Scott, the one who went to Wigan last year for a record sum. And what did Craig buy in return? "I can't remember," he said. "I think it was something for the house." In the brave, reckless new world of union you might imagine that Craig, who will make his debut for Wales against Fiji at Cardiff Arms Park today at the tender age of 20, will be in a position to give up his day job No chance.

His place against Hull, looking for their first points and goals, goes to Adam Lewis who started the season as third choice.Southgate are expected to include Peter Rowan, their new signing from Queensland, in the home game against Indian Gymkhana.. The winger Jon Hauck is on holiday.Another English international sidelined tomorrow will be Hounslow's goalkeeper, Jason Barrow, who has a hairline ankle fracture and will be out for several weeks. Hockey BILL COLWILL Old Loughtonians welcome back their English internationals, Matt Sutton and Chris Gladman, for their visit to last season's National League champions Teddington today.The Old Boys, currently in second place, know they must win to stay in touch with Reading, romping away at the top and expected to take the points tomorrow at home to Guildford.Billy McPherson, the Old Boys' former Scottish National coach, said yesterday: "We are improving every week and with our first-ever League defeat of Hounslow last week we are very confident." Julian Halls, recovering from a hernia operation, is still missing.Teddington will be giving late fitness tests to two of their internationals, Phil McGuire (back) and Simon Nicklin (ankle), but will have another, Peter Gibbons, in their line-up after having been left out last week for missing training. Some skiers contend that could give underdogs the benefit of better snow conditions.. Because of a two-week league break, Nemeth has the luxury, for an England coach, of putting the needs of the national team before those of the clubs.England play a friendly against Spain, in Huesca on Monday then travel to Portugal for another championship game on Wednesday.. Skiing Alberto Tomba's absence from the opening events of the Alpine World Cup season at Tignes, France, this weekend has provoked questions, but while he is training in California there are no answers.

Has the Italian retired, as he has hinted before? Is the overall cup holder still miffed about rule changes? While Tomba misses tomorrow's men's giant slalom, Vreni Schneider, who won her third World Cup overall title last season and then retired, will ski in the women's race.Tomba's displeasure about the rules, shared by Slovenia's Jure Kosir and Luxembourg's Marc Girardelli who are among the favourites tomorrow, centres on the decision to have the fastest 30 racers in the morning start the second run in reverse order. "Unless we play more games we will never catch them up."Despite defeats by Belgium (78-72) and Lithuania (95-87), England beat the Dutch 87-72 and can meet the Germans on a relative high. Basketball DUNCAN HOOPER The England coach, Laszlo Nemeth, sends his team into tomorrow's European Championship semi-final round with Germany, at Sheffield, denying his players will be worn out after three internationals this week."We play far less than they do on the Continent," he said. "It was a good five- iron but I was surprised when it went in, although Fred Couples called it in the air," said Parnevik, who has played most of his golf in the United States this year.Results, Sporting Digest, page 29. Mark Mouland went round in 74 and Phillip Price scored 70.Parnevik's third ace of his career was the highlight of the second round. Scotland, with Sam Torrance scoring 70 and Andrew Coltart 74, lie joint sixth on 282.England (Mark Roe scored 69 and Paul Broadhurst 74) are two shots back on 284, while Wales are one stroke further back with 285.