Former Bath, England & Lions centre

Duncan Bell contemplates Bath's last-gasp defeat by Toulouse

What a dramatic weekend in the Heineken Cup - Sale winning at Clermont Auvergne, Bath coming within a stray boot of beating Toulouse and Munster only just beating lowly Montauban at home.

I have to say I was not surprised by the Sale result, but I am pleased that a side with so much talent won in such a tough place.

They have proved to themselves they can go to a difficult venue and beat a very good side and from here I hope they go on and finish the job.

If they carry on in this vein they are going to be a side nobody wants to meet.

What Bath demonstrated as they lost to a last-minute penalty against Toulouse is that at this level, attention to detail wins matches.

They looked set for victory until Jonny Fa'amatuainu kicked the ball through at a ruck and gave the French side one last chance to win the game.

Once Nick Abendanon had scored his try to put Bath ahead, everything should have been played in the Toulouse half.

It was a tactical error by the decision makers to keep it tight in their own half and I hope it doesn't come back to haunt them.

Leinster v Wasps should be a really exciting game if both sides are at their free-flowing best

It was a brilliant performance and I hope that late penalty from David Skrela doesn't prove fatal.

As for Munster, I don't think they've got used to their new ground or the new laws.

It is far too early to write them off because they are a side with pedigree, but they knew what was coming with the new laws.

For instance, the rolling maul can still work but you have to be more switched on technically and it's got to be quicker and more dynamic.

This weekend's action starts on Friday with Toulouse visiting Glasgow, and I don't hold out much hope for the hosts.

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Harlequins will be on a high after winning at the Scarlets and they've been playing well all season, so I expect them to continue in that vein against Ulster on Saturday.

Wasps travel to Leinster, who are chokers, although they are normally OK at this early stage of the competition.

It should be a really exciting game if both sides are at their free-flowing best, but you have to weigh up the competition and maybe Leinster will try to take on Wasps up front and frustrate the visitors.

The Scarlets travel to Paris to face French league leaders Stade Francais and that looks like a comfortable win for the hosts.

Another Wales v France clash sees the Ospreys host Perpignan.

This is a must-win game for the Ospreys after losing to Leicester, and they know it.

They're another team that chokes in this competition.

Ryan Jones came out with the "we're a side that's learning" line before last week's game, but you can't take too long to learn in this competition - either you've got it or not.

Leicester should make it two from two without too much trouble in Italy against Treviso.

And if they continue their recent vein of form, Bath should beat the Dragons in some style on Sunday.

Cardiff are the Harlequins of Wales, because they flatter to deceive, while this has to be Gloucester's season because they are proven chokers - to shake that tag, they have to win this weekend.

Champions Munster travel to Sale. If this was old Munster and old Sale you'd say Munster win, but this is new Munster and new Sale.

The Ospreys dropped Henson for two games after he missed training

It's tough to produce back-to-back performances but with the class that they've got that is what they've got to start doing, so I fancy Sale.

One player who will not be featuring over the weekend is Gavin Henson as he finishes his two-match ban from the Ospreys.

He failed to turn up for training after reacting negatively to criticism from the management but says he has "fully accepted the decision" and is looking forward to getting back on the park with his team-mates.

I hope for Gavin's sake he just gets on with playing rugby because that is what he was born to do and that's what he clearly loves.

He's shown, when he's concentrating on his rugby, that he is absolutely brilliant.

What he has to learn to do is take criticism well, because it is constructive criticism - he needs to grow up and get on with it.

Users' questions from 606:

Who do you think the surprise package of the British Lions will be next year? Has anyone really caught your eye this season that doesn't seem to be in the Home Nations squads and you think could step up to the mark with the Lions?
GoodNumber10

I was talking to Rob Henderson, the former Lions, Ireland, Munster and Wasps centre, and he told me to look out for Keith Earls.

He is only just 21 but is very versatile and might even get in the next Ireland squad.

What was it like playing with Martin Johnson in the 1999 Rugby World Cup? Why didn't England do better in that tournament when you look at the players we had at the time?
CaptainSpectacular

The simple answer is that we were not ready. Clive Woodward had oversold us to the media going into the tournament.

As a team were more than capable of winning it, but we just weren't ready.

I don't want to make excuses but it is also very difficult to defend against drop-goals and Jannie de Beer was knocking them over from left, right and centre and South Africa deserved to win on the day.

Johnno was not rock-solid as the captain at that time. He was awesome, the sort of guy that leads by example and not word.

The relationship he later had with Wodoward got better. It wasn't strained in the beginning but Woodward first picked Dallaglio when everyone was saying Johnson.

While we're on the subject of the 1999 World Cup what is it like when Jonah Lomu takes you on the outside, as he did on his way to a memorable try in the 30-16 win in the 1999 tournament?
James Standley

It feels� inevitable. You're watching it, and you can't believe it's happening.

He was an unbelievable player, the likes of whom we may never see again. It was a privilege to be on the same park as him.

What are your thoughts are on the two Scottish clubs, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Gunners? Not surprisingly, expectation levels are quite high up here in Scotland that they'll make a bigger impact in both the Magners League and the Heineken Cup this year but how would you assess them both?
11MikeyMcE

If we're honest, Scottish rugby is struggling. I hope they do well but there is no great indication that they will.

It is an uphill struggle for both Edinburgh and Glasgow because of resources, or lack of them, and low playing numbers.

I don't want Scottish rugby to fail because I believe the game would be poorer without them - I hope there's a resurgence soon.

Jeremy Guscott was talking to BBC Sport's James Standley