Six Nations

Wales squad centre Cory Allen was due to undergo a scan on Monday after being injured during Cardiff Blues' Guinness PRO12 clash against Leinster.

London Irish duo Sean Maitland and Blair Cowan have pulled out of the Scotland squad for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy through injury.

Fit-again props Cian Healy and Mike Ross are in line to boost Ireland's creaking scrum in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations match against England at Twickenham.

France have been forced to pull late call-up David Smith out of their plans for Friday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales after discovering he did not qualify to play for Les Bleus.

England have lost fringe players Ollie Devoto and Josh Beaumont to injury as they prepare for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland.

Ireland have suffered a triple injury blow after Sean O'Brien, Dave Kearney and Mike McCarthy were ruled out of the remainder of the RBS 6 Nations.

The U20 Six Nations certainly began with a bang this season.

Eddie Jones has retained the 23-man England squad which eased past Italy in the Six Nations last Sunday for training in London this week.

Danny Care accepts there may never be a clear winner in his battle with Ben Youngs to be England's favoured scrum-half under Eddie Jones.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has revealed fly-half Johnny Sexton suffered a "whiplash injury" to his neck and shoulder in Ireland's 10-9 RBS 6 Nations defeat to France.

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.

Joe Schmidt has admitted Ireland have only a "very, very outside chance" of now retaining their RBS 6 Nations title.

England delivered the "good hiding" of Italy demanded by Eddie Jones to leave the Stadio Olimpico with a 40-9 victory that keeps alive their Grand Slam quest.

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.

France overturned a 9-3 half-time deficit to grind out a 10-9 win over Ireland in Paris and make it two RBS Six Nations win out of two.

England lock forward George Kruis has been busy getting England ready for the sort of scrap that he believes Italy thrive on.

Italy have made one change ahead of Sunday's RBS 6 Nations meeting with England in Rome, with Luke McLean coming into the starting XV.

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

Wales captain Sam Warburton has lavished praise on "diligent professional" Dan Biggar following the fly-half's rapid recovery from injury.

England have promoted Courtney Lawes, Mako Vunipola and Ben Youngs to their starting XV for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy in Rome.