SCOTLAND have named a squad of 25 players from which the team to play Ireland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match in Croke Park at 5pm will be chosen today.

Scotland have recalled Chris Paterson for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff.

Nick De Luca will make his Scotland debut in the RBS 6 Nations clash with France - but Chris Paterson has been left out of the side for Sunday's meeting at Murrayfield.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has confirmed back-row forward Jason White as captain for the forthcoming 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championships.

Captain Brian O'Driscoll has been passed fit to play for Leinster at home to Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup at The RDS on Friday night.

MUNSTER rugby chiefs have released 250 additional ten-year-tickets for their new ground in Limerick.

FRANK HADDEN may have sprung few surprises when naming his Scotland team for tomorrow’s World Cup eliminator against Italy — but he insisted it had not been such a straightforward selection.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has made four changes to his team for the World Cup Pool C clash against Romania at Murrayfield.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden believes his World Cup squad is the “most competitive” he could have selected.

Scotland's 38-man World Cup training squad, announced this morning by head coach Frank Hadden, is:

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Scotland have dropped Phil Godman and restored Dan Parks to their team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Ireland at Murrayfield.

Nathan Hines returns to the Scotland team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Italy.

FORMER Ireland lock Trevor Brennan will appear before an independent disciplinary committee today accused of lashing out at an Ulster fan during a Heineken Cup clash.

MARK JONES has recovered from ankle ligament damage and is named on the wing for Wales’ RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has called the Edinburgh trio of Rob Dewey, Phil Godman and Scott Murray into his team to face Wales at Murrayfield in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday.

BELEAGURED England boss Andy Robinson has reacted to his team’s shambolic defeat against Argentina by making seven changes for the Twickenham appointment with South Africa on Saturday.

ANDY ROBINSON has predicted a “phenomenally tough” game against Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday as England strive to avoid their seventh successive Test defeat.

OSPREYS boss Lyn Jones has predicted “an encounter to remember” when his star-studded Welsh challengers tackle English champions Sale Sharks in a mouth-watering Heineken Cup clash this evening.

ENGLAND head coach Andy Robinson has challenged his experimental squad for the two-match tour to Australia to stake their claims for regular places in the build-up to the 2007 World Cup in France.

SCOTLAND head coach Frank Hadden believes the current uncertainty over the three professional teams in Scotland can act as an incentive for players.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has made three changes to his line-up as his team sign off from this season’s RBS Six Nations Championship against Italy in Rome.

Nathan Hines and Scott Murray return to the Scotland team for the Six Nations Championship clash with Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Scotland international Allister Hogg is aiming to cap a fine personal week with a Calcutta Cup win over England on Saturday.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has made one change to the team who will face Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has handed Mike Blair the scrum-half berth ahead of Chris Cusiter for the opening RBS 6 Nations Championship game with France on Sunday.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has named two uncapped players in a 32-strong squad for training at Murrayfield next week as the Scots intensify their preparations for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has handed Hugo Southwell the number 15 jersey for the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against New Zealand on Saturday.

ENGLAND boss Andy Robinson has warned his players they will face a Scotland side fuelled by a raw “hatred” of their oldest foes in this evening’s Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham.

Simon Taylor has been named in the Scotland team to face Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland coach Matt Williams has kept faith with the same 15 which narrowly lost in France for the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland international Allister Hogg is facing an anxious wait on his fitness ahead of the RBS 6 Nations opener against France on February 5.

Scotland coach Matt Williams has reduced his squad ahead of Saturday’s Autumn Test against Australia to 23 players.

Scotland head coach Matt Williams has handed captain Chris Paterson the full-back berth for the final RBS 6 Nations game against Ireland on Saturday.

Scotland head coach Matt Williams has made three changes to his side for the RBS 6 Nations game against France on Sunday.

SCOTLAND coach Matt Williams admits the loss of Tom Smith and Cameron Mather is a huge blow ahead of their trip to Rome to play Italy tomorrow.

Scotland head coach Matt Williams has added three players to his squad for the RBS Six Nations Championship game against Italy on Saturday, March 6.

DEFIANT Scotland coach Matt Williams boldly declared today that his young side will give “every drop of desire, passion, sweat and blood” to topple England on Saturday.

Glasgow skipper Cameron Mather has won a starting place in Scotland’s team for Saturday’s Pool B World Cup clash with France in Sydney.

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan identified the United States’ physical strength as his team’s biggest obstacle when the two sides meet in their World Cup Pool B match in Brisbane on Monday evening.

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has brought prop Tom Smith back into his starting line-up after injury but left veteran fly-half Gregor Townsend on the bench for the World Cup opener against Japan on Sunday.

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has omitted Brendan Laney from his World Cup squad to play in Australia next month.

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has kept faith with the same team which were narrowly edged out by South Africa for the second Test in Johannesburg this Saturday.

Scottish fly-half Gregor Townsend has a simple recipe to stop South Africa in their first Test tomorrow at King’s Park – halt Joost van der Westhuizen and the rest will follow.