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Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed that fly-half Johnny Sexton will miss the Six Nations opener against Scotland after failing to recover from a calf injury.

Former Scotland coach Jim Telfer has warned England boss Eddie Jones that his attitude towards opponents might come back to haunt him in the later stages.

As the Six Nations 2017 tournament is set to kick-off from 4th February, we take a look at six of the players, who might excel for their respective teams.

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw insisted that the attacking nature of game-play will benefit his team in the upcoming Six Nations tournament.

Scotland defence coach Matt Taylor insisted that his side is preparing to play one player short ahead of the Six Nations competition following World Rugby's crackdown on dangerous tackles.

Fullback Stuart Hogg is confident that Scotland will be able to replicate Glasgow Warriors' European success in the upcoming Six Nations 2017 tournament.

Scotland's upcoming 2017 Six Nations campaign has suffered a major setback as Edinburgh prop WP Nel has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter is backing teams to take more risks in the upcoming Six Nations 2017 tournament, which will see bonus points introduced for the first time.

Scotland have recalled Gloucester centre Matt Scott and Saracens wing Duncan Taylor for the upcoming 2017 Six Nations campaign.

Former Scotland international Nick De Luca is set to retire from professional rugby at the end of the ongoing season with the Aviva Premiership club Wasps to pursue a career in coaching.

Scotland international Tommy Seymour has insisted that he is not thinking about a possible call-up to the British and Irish Lions squad for the tour of New Zealand in June.

Latest to answer our quickfire TRU Six Pack is Edinburgh Rugby's and Scotland international prop WP Nel.

Just as the autumn internationals came to the conclusion, let us analyse on what are the chances of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the upcoming Six Nations tournament in February next year.

Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend has declined to be part of the British and Irish Lions coaching panel for the 2017 tour of New Zealand.

Scotland prop Allan Dell said he is keen to get more opportunities at the international level after impressive performances in the autumn internationals.

A dominant first half performance helped Scotland end their autumn internationals on a high with a resounding 43-16 win over Georgia at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotand flanker Ryan Wilson said he is excited by the competition in the back-row from young talents.

Scroll through the list of international fixtures taking place at the weekend.

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has urged his team to improve their rankings, keeping in mind the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Scotland lock Jonny Gray urged his team not to take Argentina lightly ahead of their upcoming clash at Murrayfield on Saturday.