When is the Scottish Cup semi-final draw? Is it on TV? Full details as Celtic, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Co bid for Hampden

Gregor Townsend believes the hosts will cope without talismanic captain Antoine Dupont, while he also clarified his views on the 7/1 bench split.

France and Scotland bring the curtain down on their 2025 Six Nations campaigns with a fifth-round clash at Stade de France.

Scotland winger Duhan van der Merwe believes Scotland "weren't good enough" in their ultimately narrow win over Wales at Murrayfield. Scotland were 27 points ahead at the hour mark before the visitors brought it back to a one-score game in the dying seconds.

Scotland head coach is ready for heavyweight encounter in Paris but has called into question the trend favoured by France and South Africa

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend wants his side to be more clinical in the opponent's 22 and cut out unforced errors ahead of a crunch Six Nations clash with table-toppers France in Paris next Saturday.

"He was sitting at a bus stop with a knife in each hand. When police turned up, he ran towards them, without saying a word."

As Russell, asked to explain the “frustrating” dip that he watched from the bench as his team were pulled back to 35-29, put it: “I think it's probably the mental side. I think we need to find that ruthless edge of just putting teams away.

France rugby star Antoine Dupont says he ruptured cruciate ligaments in his right knee during his team’s win over Ireland in the Six Nations and will miss the final round of the tournament

Gregor Townsend has told his Scotland players to embrace “the toughest fixture in world rugby” as they bid to try and stop rampant France landing the Guinness Six Nations title in “pumped up” Paris on Saturday night.

England kept themselves in Guinness Six Nations title contention after beating Italy 47-24 in bonus-point fashion at Allianz Stadium. A five-point maximum took Steve Borthwick's team above Ireland and into second place behind France ahead of the so-called Super Saturday finale next weekend.