Tom Palmer

The Borderlands boarding school rugby team have made it into the European Rugby Championship Tournament. They're enjoying their time in France, but Rory and the rest of the team can't help thinking about each of their parents, serving overseas in the growing conflict in the Central Asian Republic. Can the boys focus on the game enough to win the final and make it to the International Tournament?

Jatinder seems to be living his dream - he's training for his team's youth squad, and his host parents Steve and Esther are really great. But the other kids are always on the alert for anything that makes a player different, and Jatinder is definitely that. Steve reckons it's good to be different - look at his own hero, Hardit Singh Malik. That night Jatinder wakes up in a seriously surprising situation - flying Hardit's WWI fighter plane into enemy...

Danny is obsessed with two things: football- especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. When England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the day after Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded, into the bowels of the City FC stadium late at night, he's determined to get to the bottom of it.

Yunis can't believe that he's United's leading scorer. It should be the happiest time of his life, but his father wants him to give up football and work hard at school. Can Yunis convince his dad that he can do both, or will he have to hang up his boots forever?

James has been a junior player at United for a long time. Everyone expects him to follow in his dad's footsteps and play for England one day. But James isn't so sure. He has something he wants to do even more than football.

Jake dreams of becoming a professional footballer, but he's worried about his height. On the day of his trial Jake is quick on the ball and scores - he's made it! Jake can't wait to pull on his shirt and join the team, but someone at the club wants to make his life difficult. Can Jake face up to the bullies and become man of the match again?

United's under-12s are in Poland for a tournament. Goalkeeper Tomasz is very excited to be playing in his home country, but team captain Ryan thinks Poland are rubbish - in fact, he thinks everthing Polish is rubbish. Ryan's behaviour causes trouble both on and off the pitch.