Russell was substituted with concussion during the defeat by Ireland two weeks ago after clashing heads with team-mate Darcy Graham, who is unavailable to play at Twickenham tomorrow.

Scarlets wing Ellis Mee will make his Wales debut against Ireland while Gareth Anscombe and Max Llewellyn return for Saturday’s Six Nations match.

Hill is the beneficiary of a set-back for George Martin having been called into Steve Borthwick’s squad to face Scotland

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has called for calm heads in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham and says his players won’t be suckered into any pre-match mind games.

Priim was also elected as an RFL vice-president in September last year, but left her position on Thursday night after Mail Online broke the news of the serious allegations against her.

England’s build-up to their clash with Scotland has been overshadowed by escalating tension with Exeter over the calamitous handling of Immanuel Feyi-Waboso’s shoulder injury.

Lock George Martin is ruled out of England’s Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday with Bath back row Ted Hill replacing him on the bench.

Dan Sheehan is named captain of a much-changed Ireland team for Saturday’s Six Nations game against Wales in Cardiff.

Feyi-Waboso had delayed surgery on his shoulder in hopes of returning for the end of England’s campaign, but has now gone under the knife

Former Wales head coach Warren Gatland has said growing criticism around his side’s performances spurred his decision to leave after the defeat to Italy.

No player has caused England more torment in recent years than the Scotland fly-half, but Steve Borthwick’s side are confident they can stop him

The former Wales coach walked away from his second spell in charge last week after losing 20 of 26 Test matches

The veteran coach was spotted in a meeting with RA boss Phil Waugh on Tuesday. But it still may be too soon for his return.

Ireland’s Caelan Doris, Ronan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong are ruled out of Saturday’s Six Nations game against Wales in Cardiff.

England will aim to avenge last year’s agonising narrow defeats by Australia and New Zealand when they take on both sides in the 2025 Autumn Nations Series.

Robbie Henshaw believes competition for places is helping Ireland’s players get “the best out of each other” in their Six Nations campaign.

NIK SIMON: As England’s forwards gathered for their units meeting ahead of the Calcutta Cup, notebooks in hand, Steve Borthwick dropped a statistic that made them squirm.

Ireland will secure the Triple Crown with victory in Cardiff.

The winds of change swept through Welsh rugby’s Vale of Glamorgan training base on Monday after one of the leading contenders to succeed Warren Gatland insisted all is not lost in the country’s national game.

Ali Price, Cameron Redpath and Ross McCann are added to the Scotland squad for the Six Nations visit to England.

Salford Red Devils are under investigation by the Rugby Football League for fielding a mostly reserve side in their 82-0 defeat by St Helens.

LINDSEY BURROW spent four years caring for her rugby hero husband Rob as he valiantly fought motor neurone disease. The Leeds Rhinos star courageously raised awareness of the degenerative condition…

Ireland captain Caelan Doris and hooker Ronan Kelleher emerge as injury doubts for Saturday’s Six Nations game against Wales.

The Dragons started well but it wasn’t enough

Leinster’s Max Deegan to captain the team for Ashton Gate clash

NIK SIMON: It is approaching the midway point of the Six Nations and Andy Farrell is taking a fallow-week breather from his Six Nations roadshow to mull over his options.

Garry Ringrose says Simon Easterby remains ‘dead focused’ on his role as Ireland’s interim head coach amid reports he could be the next Wales boss.

Gavin Coombes leads the way with two tries for the province

Ulster were punished for woeful indiscipline during the second half as they suffered a 34-19 United Rugby Championship defeat against Benetton at Stadio di Monigo

Dylan Tierney Martin delivers late-winning try after westerners had lost a 19-point lead

Following the Sharks’ 29-19 win over the Bulls in the latest South African derby in the URC, here are five takeaways from a gritty game at Loftus Versfeld.

The Bulls and Springboks have received a positive update on star loose forward Elrigh Louw after fears over a potential career-ending injury.

Sky Sports Megan Wellens takes a look back on an historic opening night of the 2025 Super League season; Sky Sports is the only place to watch every game live this year; you can also watch all the Las Vegas action live from 8.30pm on Saturday March 1

Warren Gatland leaves Wales head coach role after run of 14 successive Test match defeats; World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio, who played under Gatland at Wasps, insists his legacy as the most successful head coach in Wales’ international rugby history will endure

Chief executive Bill Sweeney has been under fire since accepting a bonus of nearly £400,000 in a year in which the RFU announced record losses

Boxing announcer Michael Buffer will be a special guest as Wigan Warriors and Leigh Leopards get the new Super League season underway at the Brick Community Stadium

Munster captain Tadhg Beirne signs contract extension with Irish Rugby Football Union until 2027 Rugby World Cup; Leinster centre Garry Ringrose commits until end of 2027-28 season

Bath back row forward Ewan Richards has signed a new contract with the club until 2027.

Matt Sherratt, Wales’ new interim head coach for the remainder of the 2025 Six Nations, took his son to three different sporting occasions last year. It was the last of them which appealed least.

Welsh Rugby Union bosses remain confident Wales remain an attractive proposition for any potential candidate.

Ireland wing Calvin Nash believes competition for places is key to the side’s strong start to the Six Nations.

Warren Gatland has parted ways with the Wales rugby union team after a dismal second spell in charge – and his daughter Gabby has now hit out at his biggest critics

Henry Pollock, the fast-rising back row prospect, is brought into England’s training camp in preparation for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland.

Lawrence Dallaglio married wife Alice in 2005 and share three children but will now go their separate ways after attempting to thrash out a divorce agreement

The move will see Ireland don their alternate kit for the game in Cardiff later this month

The former Wales captain says a change of coach is a ‘superficial fix’ with Welsh rugby still facing a ‘multitude of problems’

Gatland has left his role as Wales head coach by mutual agreement with immediate effect, bringing to an end a dismal second spell at the helm

Ireland say that Tadhg Furlong, Mack Hansen and Joe McCarthy “continue to make good progress” in their returns from injury.

WARREN Gatland is set to depart his role as Wales rugby head coach just two games into their horror Six Nations campaign. Wales are suffering from the worst run of form in their history after 14th …

New Zealand Rugby launches legal action against former sponsor Ineos for alleged breach of contract.