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France full-back Maxime Medard has urged caution ahead of Friday's RBS 6 Nations clash against unbeaten title rivals Wales.

Unbeaten title rivals Wales and France face a key RBS 6 Nations Championship clash in Cardiff on Friday.

Prop Samson Lee is back to full strength and powering Wales' scrum in this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship - but he admits the long road towards fitness was often a testing one.

Lock Luke Charteris will miss Wales' RBS 6 Nations clash against France in Cardiff on Friday because of a knee injury.

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

Wales and British and Irish Lions prop Gethin Jenkins has extended his stay at the Cardiff Blues until 2017.

Wales prop Rhodri Jones will join the Ospreys at the end of the season.

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.

Rhys Webb's hopes of a Wales recall against France have received a setback.

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.

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.

Fly-half Dan Biggar will feature in an unchanged Wales team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland at the Principality Stadium.

Bradley Davies expects Wales to encounter a Scotland side "smarting" from their Murrayfield loss against England when the RBS 6 Nations resumes on Saturday.

Sian Williams has become Wales' first full-time professional female rugby player.

Wales will decide whether outside-half Dan Biggar is fit enough to play against Scotland later this week.

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.

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.

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.