Scotland kick off their Guinness Six Nations campaign at home to Italy on Saturday. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at five talking points ahead of the Murrayfield showdown.

Scotland host Italy at Murrayfield as Gregor Townsend’s side look to overcome some wretched injury luck to mount a Six ...

Scotland go into their Six Nations opener against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, with memories of last year's shock loss ...

Scotland begin their Six Nations campaign by hosting Italy in round one. The hosts’ hopes of winning a first title since the final Five Nations rugby campaign way back in 1999 have been rocked by the ...

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu has been ruled out of the Six Nations tournament after suffering a chest injury in a major ...

Those arrested include 20-year-old Anuanu Tuiono, 20-year-old Dahnavan Tuipulotu, 23-year-old Feleti Halaapiapi, 18-year-old Sione Halaapiapi, 23-year-old Siafa Fifita and a 15-year-old from Rocklin.

But, just as I was grasping the rules of the games, I moved to Edinburgh. Initially, I thought rugby was American football without pads and the ball thrown backwards. It looked brutal and sounded ...

Sione Tuipulotu (capt), Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Jamie Bhatti, Gregor Brown, Dave Cherry, Luke Crosbie, Scott Cummings, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey ...

Second-row Marshall Sykes of Edinburgh Rugby earned his only Scotland cap to date ... the other 32 involved were all part of things during the calendar year 2024. Captain Sione Tuipulotu and ...

“Coming up against Glasgow, they are URC champions, Sione Tuipulotu is probably the form player in the tournament at the minute, they are littered with internationals. I like Tom Jordan at 1 ...