Scotland

Glasgow Warriors have handed BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy members Scott Cummings, Nick Grigg and James Malcolm their first professional contracts as well as signing Canadian international Djustice Sears-Duru on a short-term deal.

Edinburgh have secured the signing of full-back Glenn Bryce from Glasgow Warriors.

Ireland outmuscled Scotland 35-25 in Dublin for an RBS 6 Nations victory to put themselves in pole position for a third-place tournament finish.

Ireland host Scotland in Dublin in Saturday's final round of RBS 6 Nations fixtures, with the winner ready to scoop a third-place finish.

Ross Ford insists Scotland will set out to address the humiliation of last year's last-day RBS 6 Nations defeat to Ireland when they run out in Dublin this weekend.

Vern Cotter has made three changes to his Scotland line-up for Saturday's clash with Ireland in Dublin as he looks to sign off the Dark Blues' RBS 6 Nations campaign with a third straight win.

Tommy Seymour is targeting consistency throughout games and tournaments alike as Scotland look to finish their RBS 6 Nations campaign on a high.

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw is adamant that their consecutive RBS 6 Nations victories can be a springboard to better times in the competition.

Scotland will be without forwards David Denton and Jonny Gray for their final RBS 6 Nations match against Ireland.

Stuart Hogg insists there is much more to come from Scotland as they look to end their RBS 6 Nations campaign on a high.

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw has urged his team to finish their RBS 6 Nations campaign with a flourish.

Centre Alex Dunbar will make his first appearance in a Scotland shirt in more than a year after being named in Vern Cotter's starting XV for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations match against France.

Scotland centre Matt Scott will miss the rest of this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship due to injury.

Scotland back-rowers Rob Harley, Chris Fusaro and Ryan Wilson have agreed new two-year deals with Glasgow.

Amidst all the excitement of the Six Nations and the beginning of the Super Rugby season, it would be understandable if you didn’t realise the third round of the U20 Six Nations was being contended this past weekend.

Ross Ford has signed a new three-year deal with Edinburgh Rugby, the capital club has confirmed.

London Irish have signed Scotland full-back Greig Tonks from Edinburgh with immediate effect.

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw says he looked in his team-mates' eyes before taking on Italy in Rome and knew they would finally end their two-year search for an RBS 6 Nations win.

Italy skipper Sergio Parisse insists he is not arrogant enough to think the Azzurri are better than Scotland but is confident his side can triumph in Rome on Saturday.

Fit-again wing Tim Visser has been handed a Scotland recall as the Dark Blues bid to avoid losing 10 straight RBS 6 Nations matches when they face Italy in Rome on Saturday.