Ireland wing Mack Hansen will miss Sunday's Six Nations match against Scotland due to a hamstring issue and will be replaced by Calvin Nash, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) said.

Ireland wing Mack Hansen is set to miss Sunday's Six Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield because of a hamstring injury. The Connacht back missed training on Saturday and

MACK HANSEN HAS been ruled out of Ireland’s Six Nations clash against Scotland tomorrow in Edinburgh [KO 3pm, RTÉ/BBC], with Calvin Nash coming into the team on the right wing. Connacht wing Hansen was named in Ireland’s starting XV yesterday but he took no part in their captain’s run at Murrayfield this afternoon and has now been officially ruled out.

England will be hoping to get back to winning ways on Saturday as they take on Six Nations favorites France in a tough week 2 game. The Red Rose kicked off its campaign in losing style after slipping to a 27-22 defeat against Ireland in Dublin last weekend.

Depending if you are a glass half-full or half-empty person, Saturday’s showdown with France is either the best or worst game for England. Steve Borthwick’s side head into this Test at Twickenham off the back of an opening Six Nations defeat to Ireland and looking to avoid an unwanted record.

England revived their Guinness Six Nations title hopes as Elliot Daly’s converted final-minute try snatched a 26-25 victory against France and sparked wild celebrations at Allianz Stadium. Finally England showed the composure and skill needed to close out a winning position after a year of near-misses,

Gregor Townsend says he does not view Scotland's Six Nations showdown with Ireland on Sunday as a "needle game", and insists ending a 10-match losing run to the Irish provides no extra motivation.

I don’t think there’s any extra rivalry, but it’s definitely more on the Irish side,” said Gregor Townsend ahead of Scotland’s Six Nations clash with Ireland. “I think teams want to build up something to provide extra motivation so maybe it’s more on the Irish side or the Irish media side that there’s this rivalry or needle to give them extra motivation on why they want to win again.

Gregor Townsend played down suggestions that Scotland-Ireland has become a grudge match as he prepared for Sunday's Six Nations clash at Murrayfield. Sunday's match will be a first Six Nations start for New Zealand-born Jordan after the 26-year-old came off the bench against Italy following his Test debut during the November internationals.