Six Nations

England have revealed that Joe Marler has apologised to Samson Lee for verbally abusing the Wales prop in Saturday's 25-21 RBS 6 Nations victory at Twickenham.

England's women matched their male counterparts in making it four wins from four Six Nations games on Saturday.

England edged to the brink of a first RBS 6 Nations title for five years with a 25-21 victory over Wales but were forced to survive a late fightback that evoked memories of the final-quarter collapse against their old rival at last autumn's World Cup.

Ireland piled up nine tries against sorry Italy in Dublin, romping home 58-15 to set up a mid-table RBS Six Nations finish.

Jason Robinson thinks England's motivation to avenge their World Cup loss to Wales will give the hosts the edge at Twickenham on Saturday in the RBS 6 Nations.

Ireland host Italy in Dublin on Saturday still seeking their first RBS 6 Nations win of the campaign at the fourth time of asking.

Jamie Roberts has backed experience as an essential element of Wales' bid to repeat their World Cup heroics and floor fellow RBS 6 Nations heavyweights England on Saturday.

Connacht prop Finlay Bealham is in line for his Ireland debut after Cian Healy was ruled out of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy through injury.

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.