Six Nations

Wales could know more in the next 24 hours or so about fly-half Dan Biggar's prospects of facing RBS 6 Nations opponents Scotland next Saturday.

A 74th minute Johnny Sexton penalty preserved an injury-hit Ireland's unbeaten RBS 6 Nations home record under Joe Schmidt and stalled Wales' stirring fightback to ensure both sides left Dublin with an equal share of the points on offer.

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.

A late Jules Plisson penalty spared France and new head coach Guy Noves an early embarrassment as France rebounded from an eight-point deficit to beat Italy 23-21 in the opening match of the RBS 6 Nations.

South Africa-born flanker CJ Stander will make his international debut for his adopted Ireland in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales, with Sean O'Brien and Rob Kearney joining a further seven Irish stars ruled out the game with injury.

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.

“I never bet at all, but my £50 for this tournament is going on England because they have a massive pool of talent with nothing to lose.”

It says everything about Wales' plentiful back-row resources that Justin Tipuric has not started a Test match in the RBS 6 Nations Championship for two years.

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.