Every line-up and kick-off time for the final round of Guinness Six Nations matches
Every team line-up and kick-off time for the final round of the Guinness Six Nations - excluding Scotland's rescheduled match with France.
Teams for Scotland versus Italy, Murrayfield, Saturday, 2.15pm.
Scotland: S Maitland (Saracens); D Graham (Edinburgh), H Jones (Glasgow), S Johnson (Glasgow), D van der Merwe (Edinburgh); S Hogg (Exeter, capt), S Steele (Harlequins); R Sutherland (Edinburgh), D Cherry (Edinburgh), Z Fagerson (Glasgow), S Skinner (Exeter), G Gilchrist (Edinburgh), J Ritchie (Edinburgh), H Watson (Edinburgh), M Fagerson (Glasgow).
Replacements: G Turner (Glasgow), J Bhatti (Bath), S Berghan (Edinburgh), A Craig (Gloucester), N Haining (Edinburgh), A Price (Glasgow), J van der Walt (Edinburgh), C Harris (Gloucester).
Italy: E Padovani (Benetton); M Bellini (Zebre), J-I Brex (Benetton), F Mori (Calvisano), M Ioane (Benetton); P Garbisi (Benetton), S Varney (Gloucester); D Fischetti (Zebre), L Bigi (Zebre, capt), M Riccioni (Benetton), N Cannone (Benetton), F Ruzza (Benetton), S Negri (Benetton), J Meyer (Zebre), M Lamaro (Benetton).
Replacements: G Lucchesi (Benetton), A Lovotti (Zebre), G Zilocchi (Zebre), R Favretto (Mogliano), M Mbanda (Zebre), M Violi (Zebre), C Canna (Zebre), M Zanon (Benetton).
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France).
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Teams for Ireland versus England, Aviva Stadium, Saturday, 4.45pm.
Ireland: H Keenan (Leinster); K Earls (Munster), R Henshaw (Leinster), B Aki (Connacht), J Stockdale (Ulster); J Sexton (Leinster, capt), C Murray (Munster); D Kilcoyne (Munster), R Herring (Ulster), T Furlong (Leinster), I Henderson (Ulster), T Beirne (Munster), CJ Stander (Munster), J van der Flier (Leinster), J Conan (Leinster).
Replacements: R Kelleher (Leinster), C Healy (Leinster), A Porter (Leinster), R Baird (Leinster), P O’Mahony (Munster), J Gibson-Park (Leinster), B Burns (Ulster), J Larmour (Leinster).
England: M Malins (Bristol); A Watson (Bath), E Daly (Saracens), O Farrell (Saracens, capt), J May (Gloucester); G Ford (Leicester), B Youngs (Leicester); M Vunipola (Saracens), L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), K Sinckler (Bristol), M Itoje (Saracens), C Ewels (Bath), M Wilson (Newcastle), T Curry (Sale Sharks), B Vunipola (Saracens).
Replacements: J George (Saracens), E Genge (Leicester), W Stuart (Bath), J Hill (Exeter), B Earl (Bristol), D Robson (Wasps), O Lawrence (Worcester), J Marchant (Harlequins).
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France).
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Teams for France versus Wales, Stade de France, Saturday, 8pm GMT.
France: B Dulin (La Rochelle); T Thomas (Racing 92), V Vakatawa (Racing 92), G Fickou (Stade Francais), D Penaud (Clermont Auvergne); M Jalibert (Bordeaux-Begles), A Dupont (Toulouse); C Baille (Toulouse), J Marchand (Toulouse), M Haouas (Montpellier), R Taofifenua (Toulon), P Willemse (Montpellier), D Cretin (Lyon), C Ollivon (Toulon, capt), G Alldritt (La Rochelle).
Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), J-B Gros (Toulon), U Atonio (La Rochelle), S Rebbadj (Toulon), A Jelonch (Castres), B Serin (Toulon), R Ntamack (Toulouse), A Vincent (Montpellier).
Wales: L Williams (Scarlets); L Rees-Zammit (Gloucester), G North (Ospreys), J Davies (Scarlets), J Adams (Cardiff Blues); D Biggar (Northampton), G Davies (Scarlets); W Jones (Scarlets), K Owens (Scarlets), T Francis (Exeter), A Beard (Ospreys), A W Jones (Ospreys, capt), J Navidi (Cardiff Blues), J Tipuric (Ospreys), T Faletau (Bath).
Replacements: E Dee (Dragons), N Smith (Ospreys), L Brown (Dragons), C Hill (Cardiff Blues), J Botham (Cardiff Blues), T Williams (Cardiff Blues), C Sheedy (Bristol), W Halaholo (Cardiff Blues).
Referee: Luke Pearce (England).
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Yes SW's comments made the most sense to me given what I'd been told and what I'd seen from the outside looking in Ed.
It sounds like ppl were given room to wriggle out of a sense of responsibility, and that's how it felt at the time.
As you say the geopolitics are now working against NZ. If the URC expands to include English sides it will become the biggest, and in time prob the best league in the world. It could have as many as six diff natiosn all competing in one comp.
I reckon the ABs deserved to win on Saturday even though England should have put the game away at the end. NZ were the better attacking team.
Go to commentsDid you watch the game.or just a sore loser
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