The international season is now upon us, and it is a season with added spice with the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia in June and July.
Away from the bright lights of Southern Hemisphere heavyweights, Gregor Townsend has time to widen his talent pool in the Test arena
With ten frontline operators including Finn Russell, Ben White, Blair Kinghorn and Zander Fagerson given a summer off and Darcy Graham and Andy Christie still recovering from injury, opportunity knocks for a host of players in the Scotland squad heading on tour to North and South America.
Turner has joined Japan Rugby League One side Kobe Steelers, whose season runs at the same time as the Six Nations.
Ireland became back-to-back Guinness Six Nations champions by crushing Scotland’s quest for a first Triple Crown in 34 years with a scrappy 17-13 win.
Dogged by unfair perceptions, the centre's close confidants reveal his true character.
Against Scotland, Ireland gave some strong clues as to why they are such a resourceful and cohesive bunch.
In-form centre Bundee Aki knows Scotland pose a “massive threat” to Ireland’s Rugby World Cup aspirations due to his experiences with the British and Irish Lions.
The stakes, the silverware and the bubbling enmity between Scotland and Ireland make Sunday's clash a Six Nations whopper.
England were yet again left to search for positives after a narrow loss to Argentina, ramping up the pressure on Eddie Jones