Scotland

With two rounds of the 2016 RBS Six Nations in the books, there has been plenty to talk about over the last couple of weeks.

Late tries from Jamie Roberts and George North pushed Wales to a ninth successive victory over Scotland in the RBS 6 Nations Championship to stay firmly among this season's title contenders.

We take a look at some of the facts ahead of the RBS Six Nations Wales versus Scotland clash

Scotland have made just one change to their starting XV for Saturday's clash with Wales as they prepare to bounce from their opening RBS 6 Nations defeat to England.

Bradley Davies expects Wales to encounter a Scotland side "smarting" from their Murrayfield loss against England when the RBS 6 Nations resumes on Saturday.

England launched the Eddie Jones era by emerging from a tricky RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield with a 15-9 victory founded on a dominant second half.

England's RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland will reach a new frontier when British astronaut Tim Peake tunes in to Saturday's Calcutta Cup match from space.

In our latest 'Emerging Talent' article, we spoke Loughborough Students player Ben Christie on his choice to play for Scotland, despite being born England ahead of the U20 Six Nations Championships.

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw risked re-living the Dark Blues' painful World Cup exit by watching a re-run of the controversial defeat to Australia - but instead came away with a new sense of hope.

John Barclay admits he feared his Scotland career had been killed off for a second time after missing out on last year's World Cup.

Edinburgh have been handed a significant boost ahead of their Guinness Pro12 clash with Cardiff Saturday's after Cornell Du Preez and Neil Cochrane both agreed to extend their time in the Scottish capital.

The U20 Six Nations is a tournament growing in popularity and offers plenty for fans to watch out for while its senior counterpart also takes place.

Scotland duo Adam Ashe and Alex Dunbar have been sent home to Glasgow after both were ruled out of the Dark Blues' RBS 6 Nations opener with England.

The Rugby World Cup may have ended in misery for the European nations but the Six Nations is finally here and, thankfully, it can’t be won by a southern hemisphere nation.

Greig Laidlaw has insisted Scotland "can't go looking" to wind up Dylan Hartley - but refused to rule out benefiting from the new England captain's clouded disciplinary history.

Elliot Daly was one of ten players sent back to their clubs on Tuesday, in a move that virtually guarantees Jonathan Joseph will start England's RBS Six Nations opener against Scotland in the number 13 shirt.

Scotland have added forwards Hamish Watson and Alex Allan to their pre-RBS 6 Nations camp.

Scottish rugby seems to have been turned on its head recently...

Glasgow centre Richie Vernon has undergone shoulder surgery and faces a battle to return to action before the end of the season.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has named uncapped props Zander Fagerson and Rory Sutherland in his 35-man squad for the RBS 6 Nations.