Playing for your country is the ultimate sporting honour – and these players have all enjoyed the privilege dozens of times.

Bayliss limped off late in the first half with what Bath head of rugby Johan van Graan labelled a “serious” groin injury.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is a man famed for left-field selections - "The Toonie Tombola" as the fans often refer to his penchant for picking a team no one saw coming. His call-up of the ...

Losing captain Sione Tuipulotu to injury is a blow to Scotland’s Six Nations hopes but coach Gregor Townsend believes it will ...

Losing captain Sione Tuipulotu to injury is a blow to Scotland's Six Nations hopes but coach Gregor Townsend believes it will ...

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Tuipulotu will miss the Six Nations as he needs surgery to repair a pectoral muscle that was damaged in training with Glasgow ...

Gregor Townsend believes the “painful experiences” that undermined Scotland’s last tilt at the Guinness Six Nations have made them a stronger proposition ahead of this year’s championship.

Gregor Townsend insists Scotland have the depth to overcome the devastating loss of Sione Tuipulotu to injury for the entire Guinness Six Nations. Tuipulotu, Scotland’s captain and star centre ...

Gregor Townsend believes the “painful experiences” that undermined Scotland’s last tilt at the Guinness Six Nations have made them a stronger proposition ahead of this year’s championship.