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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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