Wales coach Warren Gatland admits the excitement is already building ahead of his side’s Triple Crown tilt against England at Twickenham after completing stage two of a potential sweep of the Home Unions with a 27-13 victory over Scotland in Cardiff yesterday.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland hailed the maturity of his side after seeing them take a second step on the road to a potential RBS 6 Nations Triple Crown with a 27-13 victory over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium yesterday.

Wales 27 Scotland 13

Scotland have made two enforced changes for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff, with Greig Laidlaw set to make his first Test start.

Andy Robinson has told his Scotland players to do their talking on the pitch in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener with champions England at Murrayfield.

SCOTLAND and Glasgow full-back Rory Lamont has been reprimanded after calling Barack Obama a “whore” on Twitter.

DUNCAN WEIR is sitting in the canteen at Scotstoun when the call comes through from Ireland.

Glasgow 17 Edinburgh 12

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CHRIS PATERSON will now reflect on a record-filled Scotland career after yesterday announcing his retirement from international rugby.

HARLEQUINS stunned four-time champions Toulouse 31-24 yesterday to reignite their European Cup quarter-final hopes a week after the French giants had seemingly delivered a fatal blow on the English side.

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Rory Lamont admits he had to quit Toulon after Scotland coach Andy Robinson warned a lack of match action could place his international career in jeopardy.

Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has made five changes for Sunday’s World Cup Pool B clash with Argentina – and resisted a recall for tournament captain Alastair Kellock.

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Scotland head coach Andy Robinson today confirmed a 30-man Rugby World Cup squad featuring few surprises and Alastair Kellock as captain.

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Head coach Andy Robinson has made seven changes to his starting XV for Sunday’s vital RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland at Murrayfield.

A LONG week lies ahead before Sunday’s Six Nations game in Murrayfield but it has started well for Ireland who welcomed a number of injured stars back to the fold yesterday just as Scotland were reporting significant casualties of their own.

Joe Ansbro, Hugo Southwell and Rory Lamont have all been ruled out of Scotland’s RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland on Sunday.

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Uncapped trio Jon Welsh, Rob Harley and Jack Cuthbert have been named in the Scotland squad for the RBS 6 Nations Championship, head coach Andy Robinson announced today.

Toulon coach Phillipe Saint Andre has selected Jonny Wilkinson and Felipe Contepomi at fly half and inside centre respectively for Sunday’s Heineken Cup clash with Munster at the Stade Félix Mayol, kick-off 4pm.

PHILIPPE Saint-Andre believes his Toulon side are under no pressure going into this Sunday’s crucial Heineken Cup clash with Munster.

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DOUBTING the quality of the players lining out for Toulon in this afternoon’s Heineken Cup game against Munster at Thomond Park would serve no useful purpose.

Scotland’s most-capped player, Chris Paterson, is returning to the national squad for a three-day training camp in St Andrews later this month.

Chris Cusiter today insisted every Scotland player who made mistakes in the incredible RBS 6 Nations defeat by Wales had taken their share of the blame - including himself.

FRANCE will bid to enhance their place at the top of the RBS 6 Nations Championship table when they play Wales on Friday night.

WALES lock Alun Wyn Jones will undergo surgery today on his elbow which will see him in recovery for six to 12 weeks, ruling him out of the rest of the RBS Six Nations championship.

ANDY POWELL’s involvement in the RBS Six Nations is effectively over after Wales reacted to his charge for drink driving by dropping him from their squad.

SCOTLAND team doctor James Robson has confirmed Thom Evans, Chris Paterson and Rory Lamont will miss the rest of the Six Nations after all suffered serious injuries in Saturday’s dramatic defeat by Wales in Cardiff.

Scotland team doctor James Robson has confirmed Thom Evans, Chris Paterson and Rory Lamont will miss the rest of the RBS 6 Nations after all suffered serious injuries during yesterday’s dramatic 31-24 defeat against Wales in Cardiff.

Scotland full-back Chris Paterson could miss the rest of this season’s RBS 6 Nations Championship after suffering kidney damage during yesterday’s defeat against Wales.

Few current Scottish players can have earned more than 20 caps and not have played at the Millennium Stadium.

WALES coach Warren Gatland has made two changes for the RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland on Saturday — but lock Alun-Wyn Jones keeps his place.

Chris Paterson today revealed he was targeting far more than 100 caps as he prepared to make yet another bit of history in a Scotland jersey.

ANDY ROBINSON has plumped for the players in form for Scotland’s Six Nations opener against France.

Andy Robinson today made six changes to his Scotland team for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against France.

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan last night expressed delight at securing the services of Johne Murphy from Leicester Tigers.

Andy Robinson has admitted it was a tough decision to axe four of his former Edinburgh players from the Scotland squad for the opening two games of the RBS 6 Nations.

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Andy Robinson believes Scotland’s players are already showing signs of developing the “winning mentality” that was his mantra upon his appointment as head coach.