Six Nations

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.

England can expect Wales to be "pointing a finger" if their loosehead prop Joe Marler scrummages illegally during Saturday's RBS 6 Nations showdown at Twickenham.

Rookie fly-half Edoardo Padovani has earned the right to leapfrog Kelly Haimona and lead Italy's backline against Ireland on Saturday, according to head coach Jacques Brunel.

England head coach Eddie Jones has accused Wales of scrummaging "terribly illegally" as the build-up to Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title showdown between the arch-rivals finally ignited.

Joe Schmidt has signalled Ireland's desperation for victory against Italy on Saturday by parachuting fit-again Jared Payne back into his midfield rather than shifting the Ulsterman to full-back.

World Cup winner Neil Back believes England will have ‘too much’ for Wales in this weekend’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham.

England plan to unleash Manu Tuilagi in the second half of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title showdown at Twickenham after selecting him on the bench against Wales.

It is a healthy rivalry that could run from Wales' perspective all the way through to World Cup 2019 and beyond.

Steve Borthwick insists England have added new variations to their line-out in the hope of bamboozling Wales' research boffins in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title collision at Twickenham.

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

Cian Healy insists Ireland will not let their desperation for a first RBS 6 Nations victory cloud their judgement in Saturday's clash with Italy in Dublin.

England hooker Jamie George has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Wales by a bicep injury and will be replaced on the bench by Luke Cowan-Dickie.

Wales have made no secret of the fact that diminutive England fly-half George Ford will be in their juggernaut back division's sights at Twickenham on Saturday.

Manu Tuilagi has been included in England's matchday squad for their RBS 6 Nations title showdown with Wales.

Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash between England and Wales promises to be a tense contest as the unbeaten title rivals put their championship credentials on the line at Twickenham.

Italy are holding out hope that hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini can beat his shoulder problem in time to face Ireland in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash in Dublin.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named an unchanged team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations showdown against England at Twickenham.

Rob Evans was in his house "going nuts" the last time Wales beat England at Twickenham.

It’s already clear from the three performances under Eddie Jones that England are a side that’s progressing and learning once again how to win ugly in test rugby.

England are refusing to consider the attacking threat posed by Wales in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title showdown.