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Talking Rugby Union’s southern hemisphere correspondent Scotty Donaldson reviews all of the weekend’s international action from the sub-continent…

Australia survived a frantic finish to hold on for a scrappy 6-0 victory over France at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

Australia coach Ewen McKenzie has made three forced changes to his starting side for Saturday's second Test against France in Melbourne.

Former French international scrum-half Dmitri Yachvili has announced he will retire at the end of the 2013/14 season.

Champions Ireland and runners up England predictably dominated the nominations for the 2014 6 Nations Player of the Championship award.

The pinnacle of the RBS 6 Nations finished in traditional style this weekend with the mouth-watering prospect of a ‘Super Saturday’ – six teams, three games, three potential winners…

Ian Madigan has "no experience at the level" of Ireland's RBS 6 Nations title decider against France at fly-half but can still handle the pressure, according to Joe Schmidt.

England have named an un-changed starting line-up for their final 2014 6 Nations encounter against Italy in Rome, with Manu Tuilagi coming onto the bench.

Irish prop Mike Ross insists that the pivotal battle at the Stade de France on Saturday night will take place in the front-row.

Scotland suffered last-gasp heartache as France snatched a 19-17 RBS 6 Nations win after Jean-Marc Doussain kicked the winning penalty at Murrayfield with just 90 seconds left.

The former Scottish wing and French flanker discuss the coming game between their respective countries, the competition to date and compete against each other in a Six Nations trivia quiz.

France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has made seven changes to his team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield.

France have announced that they will drop star number eight Louis Picamoles from the squad for next week’s RBS Six Nations match against Scotland, after he disrespected a referee.

Reigning champions Wales put their RBS 6 Nations title bid back on track with a Millennium Stadium mauling of France that ended Les Bleus' Grand Slam hopes.

Gethin Jenkins is eager to prove the doubters wrong when Wales take on France at the Millennium Stadium tonight night.

Warren Gatland has relegated scrum-half Mike Phillips to the Welsh bench for Friday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with France in Cardiff.

George North looks set to answer Wales’ midfield problems ahead of the weekend’s crunch RBS Six Nations clash with France.

Following on from France’s 30-10 victory over Italy in Paris yesterday, les Blues have added Remi Tales and Alexandre Lapandry to their ranks.

France matched Ireland's unbeaten start to the RBS 6 Nations Championship after a second-half try blitz underpinned an emphatic 30-10 victory over Italy in Paris.

Wales prop Adam Jones has given a rave review of his opposite number - Ireland front-row forward Cian Healy.