Six Nations

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.

France's Sevens sensation Virimi Vakatawa will make his Test debut in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations opener against Italy in Paris.

Italy will aim to kick-start a new era in earnest after fielding four debutants for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with France in Paris.

Ireland cannot "copy and paste" former captain Paul O'Connell's talismanic traits into their RBS 6 Nations campaign, according to Donnacha Ryan.

England have selected Danny Care at scrum-half and Joe Marler at loosehead prop for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland.

Tom James says that he needed to become "the forgotten man of Welsh rugby" during a rebuilding spell in his rugby career.

Head coach Jon Callard today announced the team to get England’s U20 Six Nations campaign underway, with a few surprises among the 23 players.

Cardiff Blues wing Tom James will make his first Wales appearance for more than five years in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland.

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.

Maro Itoje and Elliot Daly will travel to Edinburgh with England's squad for their RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland on Saturday.

Liam Williams is set to be involved in Wales' RBS 6 Nations opener against Ireland on Sunday - despite only playing marginally over an hour of rugby since last year's World Cup.

Luke Fitzgerald will miss the RBS 6 Nations in its entirety after a "fairly innocuous but very unfortunate" knee ligament injury has ruled him out of action for up to the next two months.

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.

George North is relishing the prospect of playing running rugby with Wales after limited try-scoring opportunities at Northampton this season.

Kieran Brookes may be in line to play in England's RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland after the Rugby Football Union announced he would link up with Eddie Jones' squad on Sunday night.

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.

Saracens' appeal against the 10-week suspension imposed on England wing Chris Ashton will be heard in London on Wednesday 3rd February.

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.

Ireland boss Joe Schmidt believes the reigning double champions may have to settle for a mid-table RBS 6 Nations finish.