Lions hit bum notes against the Barbarians

Warren Gatland's rusty tourists given an almighty scare in Whangarei opener

Lions tour: Three Irish players picked for opening game as Gatland lays down marker

Johnny Sexton, Rory Best and Iain Henderson will start against Provincial Barbarians

Ben Youngs withdraws from Lions squad for family reasons

The wife of Youngs’ brother Tom, who is also a Leicester player, has terminal cancer

Gerry Thornley: Players entitled to strike if Six Nations is condensed

Principle of player welfare completely ignored by Premiership Rugby’s proposal

More bad news for Scotland as Josh Strauss ruled out of remainder of Six Nations

Kidney injury forces number eight out of final three games, Greig Laidlaw already out

Joe Schmidt absolves Conor Murray of blame for defeat

Scrumhalf’s performance at Murrayfield sprinkled with enough brilliance to keep the faith

Ireland have ball-carriers to earn hard yards in wild and windy Murrayfield

Joe Schmidt’s side has array of dynamic runners with more ballast to come from bench

Scotland reveal their team to face Ireland in opener

Hooker Fraser Brown starts in place of centurion Ross Ford for Murrayfield clash

Momentum so crucial for Joe Schmidt and Ireland

Result in opener at Murrayfield will go long way to determining Ireland’s campaign

Last-gasp Greig Laidlaw penalty gives Scotland win over Argentina

Three point win over the Pumas boosts Scotland’s bid for a place in world top eight

Scotland rue ill-discipline as winning run comes to an end

Greig Laidlaw and Vern Cotter both point to yellow cards as key factor in defeat

Jamie Heaslip: We knew Scotland would bring fight to us

Ireland number eight thrilled to finish Six Nations campaign with two wins

Greig Laidlaw calls on Scotland to change the tune

Italy know they have to work hard if they want to bounce back after loss to England

Tim Visser returns for Scotland trip to play Italy

Very Cotter’s side are looking to avoid a 10th Six Nations defeat on the spin

John Barclay returns to Scotland side for England clash

Scarlets flanker to make first Six Nations appearance in four years in Calcutta Cup

Vern Cotter names 35-man Scotland squad for Six Nations

Uncapped props Zander Fagerson and Rory Sutherland both handed call-ups

World Rugby announce their Player of the Year nominees

New Zealand and Australia both have two nominees, Scotland and Wales have one

Demoralised Samoa between Scotland and the last eight

Finn Russell returns at St James’ Park as Vern Cotter’s side look to secure second spot

Scotland without Finn Russell for South Africa match

Duncan Weir comes in as one of 10 changes Vern Cotter has made for the pool decider

Vern Cotter makes 10 changes to Scotland side for USA

Henry Pyrgos leads side at Elland Road as entire bench from Japan game promoted

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