Six Nations Team News

February 07, 2019
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Six Nations: Davies Leads Wales For The First Time

Jonathan Davies will captain Wales for the first time on Saturday as he leads his country against Italy in Rome.

Davies will win his 70th cap at Stadio Olimpico and becomes Wales' 137th captain.

He will line up in midfield alongside Owen Watkin with Dan Biggar and Aled Davies named at fly-half and scrum-half respectively.

Six Nations: Italy Change Two For Welsh Clash

Italy head coach Conor O’Shea has made two changes for Italy as Edoardo Padovani comes into the backline and Nicola Quaglio into the front row for their Six Nations clash with Wales on Saturday.

Padovani scored a try off the bench in the second half against Scotland, comes onto the right wing while Michele Campagnaro shifts back to his preferred outside centre position.

That means that Tommaso Castello drops out of the matchday 23 while up front Andrea Lovotti has the flu and is replaced at loosehead prop by Quaglio.

Six Nations: Kearney Returns To Ireland Starting XV

The Ireland coaching group have announced the 23 players that will line out against Scotland at BT Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon in Round 2 of the Six Nations.

Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton are named at 9 and 10 respectively with Chris Farrell partnering Bundee Aki in the centre.

Quinn Roux comes in at lock to partner James Ryan while Sean O’Brien and Jack Conan are introduced to the backrow with Peter O’Mahony retained on the blindside flank.

Six Nations: Scotland Change Four For Ireland Clash

Scotland have made four changes to the starting line-up for this Saturday’s second-round Six Nations clash with Ireland at BT Murrayfield Stadium.

Head Coach Gregor Townsend has welcomed the added experience of last year’s top try-scoring Saracens wing, Sean Maitland, who has recovered from a hamstring injury to start in place of last weekend’s hat-trick try-scorer Blair Kinghorn, who moves to the bench.

Maitland will form a familiar back-three with fellow British & Irish Lions Tommy Seymour and full-back Stuart Hogg, who will bring a combined 150 caps and 49 tries into their 18th Scotland Test start as a trio this Saturday.

The remaining changes come in the pack, where prop Simon Berghan and back-row Josh Strauss start in place of injured forwards Willem Nel (calf) and Sam Skinner (ankle), while Jonny Gray’s recovery from a shoulder injury sees him replace second-row Ben Toolis, who moves to the bench.

U20 Six Nations Lineups: England vs France

Ted Hill will captain the England u20s side that will be looking to upset the reigning U20 World Champions in Exeter this weekend.

There are three changes to the England that lost to Ireland in the opening round of the competition. Cameron Redpath starts at inside centre in place of Tom Hardwick, Ollie Lawrence is outside of him while Arron Reed will make his England U20s debut on the wing.

France have also made threes changes to their side from the team that beat Wales in the opening round of the competition. Sacha Zegeur misses the clash through suspension while Killin Geraci and Thomas Lavault are both injured.

Florent Vanverberghe and Agen Gauthier Maravat both come into the side for the injured pair while Maxence Lemardelet replaces Zegeur who has been suspended for two weeks after picking up a red card.