Winger Chris Ashton will leave Saracens for Toulon next season in a move that effectively ends his England career.The 29-year-old will join the French giants for the 2017-18 campaign after five seasons with Saracens, during which he became the clubs leading try scorer and lifted two Aviva Premiership trophies and a European Champions Cup.With Eddie Jones set to name his England squad for the upcoming autumn Tests on Wednesday -- and Englishmen playing abroad not considered for selection unless under exceptional circumstances -- Ashton is unlikely to add to his 44 caps after opting to move to Stade Mayol.The rugby league convert, who is currently serving a 13-week suspension for biting, paid tribute to his current employers as he announced the move.Id like to put on record my thanks to [director of rugby] Mark McCall, our Chairman Nigel Wray and the whole team at Saracens for the manner in which they have dealt with my request to join Toulon next season, Ashton said. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Allianz Park and I have made so many special memories on and off the field.I have developed as a player during my time with Sarries but more importantly I have developed as a person, and I will always be indebted to the Club for that.McCall added: We would like to thank Chris for his contribution to Saracens over the last five seasons and the role he played in helping us create some incredible memories during that period.Chris will still have an important role to play this season and well look forward to seeing him back in action after his suspension. Gary Carter Jersey . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Tug McGraw Jersey . 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Rory McIlroy, one of the biggest hitters in the world, had a drive that went only 230 yards after getting caught up in the gusts. Day didnt even bother trying to reach the green in two shots at No. 15, the longest par 4 on the course.By the end of the day, the leaderboard revealed a striking divide.Paced by Phil Mickelson, the top 14 all had morning tee times. Of the 20 players who broke par in the second round, only four started in the afternoon -- Marc Leishman (69), Day (70), Byeong Hun An (70) and Patton Kizzire (70).It was ridiculous, said Justin Rose, who struggled to a 77 after shooting 68 the first day. You know when you see such a disparity between the draw and you see no name from this side of the draw popping up, its just frustrating.Rose managed to make it to the weekend with a couple of shots to spare. Spieth barely got through, finishing right on the cut line after a 75 left him 14 shots behind Mickelson, any hope of a third major title all but snuffed out for the 22-year-old Texan.Spieth was already looking ahead to the last major of the year, the PGA Championship in two weeks.I know my chances here are likely finished, he said.Steve Stricker ripped off 14 straight pars until the rain and wind caught up with the 49-yeaar-old American.ddddddddddddHis tee shot at the 15th wound up in thick grass left of the fairway. He hit a provisional, but couldnt find that ball, either, at least not right away. Finally, just before he headed back to tee it up again, he found his second ball. But all he could do was hack it into the fairway. He wound up with the dreaded snowman -- a quadruple-bogey 8.You want to throw a pity party, said Stricker, who finished with a 75. But you know (about the weather) when you come over here.Henrik Stenson was among those who took advantage of fortuitous timing. He teed off at 9:14 a.m. and shot a 65, the best round of the day. That pushed the Swede within one shot of the lead.Stenson knew he caught a break when he looked out his window first thing in the morning.I timed it quite well, he said. You were expecting possibly a downpour when you pulled the curtains up in the morning, and it wasnt. You always felt like it was going to start at some point, but it was nice to ... have a couple of birdies before it started to rain.The forecast Saturday looked fairly dry until the evening, but winds expected to whip up to 20 mph figure to make things challenging again.McIlroy, who complained about links golf after playing in story weather at Royal St. Georges five years ago, has come to grips with the capriciousness of the British Open.Some draws go your way and some draws dont, he said, remembering how fortuitous he was during his victory at Hoylake in 2014. I got the good end of the draw and good things happened that week. Then this year, its not so much. But I just said out there, `Im not going to let being on the wrong side ruin my mood or ruin my week.During the worst of the weather, McIlroy dropped four shots in a five-hole stretch. He still managed to shoot 71, leaving him eight shots back but still feeling like hes got a shot at reclaiming the claret jug.Ive played very well and that gives me optimism going into the weekend, he said.It would help even more to get the luck of the draw.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '