Home advantage in three of their first four matches offers “mature” Scotland a clear opportunity to assert themselves in this Six Nations as they aim to prove they have eradicated the flakiness that ...

Ireland are favourites to complete another title success, despite Farrell temporarily handed the reins to defence coach Simon Easterby.

BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English has been answering some of your Scottish rugby questions. Steve asked: I was full of hope for Scotland's Six Nations campaign. Tom answered: Everyone is ...

With just over a week to go until the Six Nations kicks off, how should you spend your fantasy rugby budget? Let Fantasy ...

French Olympic star Antoine Dupont will bring his "aura" to Les Bleus as they seek to deny Ireland an unprecedented third successive Six Nations title, head coach Fabien Galthie said at the tournament ...

Dylan Richardson has become the latest Scotland player ruled out of the Six Nations because of injury. A shoulder problem has forced the hooker, who has six caps, to pull out of the squad, while wing ...

Gregor Townsend confident Scotland can cope with loss of skipper Sione Tuipulotu - Tuipulotu will miss the Six Nations as he ...

Talk about a dose of the Monday blues. When news came through that Sione Tuipulotu had been ruled out of the Six Nations, ...

Despite captaining England’s under-18s, Tuipulotu also qualifies for Wales and Tonga and it would be a huge blunder, albeit unlikely, if the RFU let him to slip through their net. Show Full Article ...

The son of former Tonga scrumhalf Sione, Tuipulotu was born in Pontypool, his sister Sisilia is a Welsh international and cousin Carwyn plays in Wales for the Scarlets. He attended Harrow School ...

His father, Sione Tuipulotu, a Tonga international, was playing for Newport when Kepu was born in 2005, yet subsequently lived in Plymouth and Worcester. Kepu began playing at Panteg RFC and was ...