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The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving the top six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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  • Wilkinson is regarded as one of the all-time great kickers, winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup with England, while Tindall later married Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter
  • Pollard won the 2023 Rugby World Cup with South Africa, while New Zealand player Sonny Bill Williams is also a former successful professional heavyweight boxer

Rowling was spotted making a rare appearance at a Six Nations rugby game in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband Neil Murray over the weekend – the Scottish doctor donned a kilt for the match

James Doleman will make his Six Nations debut next month at Twickenham, a far cry from his first game in charge – an under-9s clash on pitch 3B at King’s Park in 2007.

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Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and All Blacks lock Patrick Tuipulotu say South Africa’s potential move to Six Nations tour may be sad, but the game of ruby is evolving.

Scottish rugby player Euan McLaren describes discovering the sport in Dubai, lack of game time in Scotland, and quarantine confinement as an introduction to Hong Kong.

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Towering lock Cameron Henderson describes how playing junior rugby in Hong Kong ‘shaped’ him and why returning to the Leicester Tigers was the ‘best move’.

The French team have soul and spirit despite a disastrous Six Nations campaign that saw them land the wooden spoon for the first time since 1999, claims a defiant France coach Philippe Saint-Andre.

France will bid to erase a woeful Six Nations campaign by beating Scotland at the Stade de France and hope other results go their way so they avoid their first wooden spoon since 1999.