6:30 PM GMT Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton should recover swiftly from a head injury sustained in his side’s bruising 22-13 Six Nations win over Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday, coach Joe Schmidt said. Sexton limped off after 23 minutes, sparking fears he could miss some of an Irish campaign revitalised by the three tries to
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11:23 AM ET Ireland got their Six Nations campaign back on track with a pulsating 22-13 victory over Scotland on Saturday, but the physical encounter meant both sides lost players to injury early on. Scotland’s livewire fullback Stuart Hogg and Ireland’s flyhalf and world player of the year Jonathan Sexton limped off in a close
9:00 AM GMT Mathieu Bastareaud is to start for France against England in the Six Nations on Sunday, one of six changes to Jacques Brunel’s side from their opening defeat to Wales last weekend. Bastareaud starts alongside Geoffrey Doumayrou in midfield while Gael Fickou is back in the side on the wing, with Yoann Huget
3:13 AM GMT Wallabies centre Reece Hodge is only an outside chance of playing in the Melbourne Rebels’ Super Rugby opener against the Brumbies next Friday night as he continues recovering from an ankle fracture. Hodge underwent surgery late last year after a mishap at Wallabies training in Japan ahead of their Spring tour and
4:23 PM GMT Ireland lock Devin Toner will miss the rest of the Six Nations after undergoing ankle surgery, according to numerous reports on Friday. Toner was forced off during the second half of Ireland’s opening Six Nations defeat to England last weekend and had already been ruled out of the match against Scotland on
12:30 PM GMT James Harrington One week down — and who saw this coming? England winning in Dublin… France giving up a record lead against Wales… Italy running in three tries in the final 10 minutes against Scotland… Now we enter the difficult second week. Here are just a few answers to some serious Fantasy
1:00 PM GMT Joe Schmidt has named his Ireland team ahead of their Six Nations second-round match against Scotland at Murrayfield. Chris Farrell makes his first start of the tournament as he joins Bundee Aki in the centre, while Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been named at 9 and 10, respectively. Jonathan Davies will
10:00 AM GMT Jonathan Davies will captain Wales for the first time as head coach Warren Gatland named 10 changes for the team to face Italy in the Six Nations on Saturday. Centre Davies is one of five players to keep their place from Wales’ opening Six Nations win over France, alongside fullback Liam Williams,
10:46 PM GMT The other benefactor of the “Giteau Law” has called on Wallabies coach Michael Cheika to consider tweaking it as he assembles his Rugby World Cup squad this year. Drew Mitchell was thrust into the 2015 World Cup alongside Giteau after Cheika redrafted the eligibility laws to allow Australians playing overseas to represent
9:09 PM GMT Giant Bath winger Joe Cokanasiga, props Dan Cole and Ben Moon and flanker Brad Shields have been included in a provisional 25-man squad for England’s Six Nations game against France at Twickenham. Following the hugely impressive 32-20 victory over defending champions Ireland in Dublin, coach Eddie Jones named his tweaked squad on