Scotland vs Ireland
Kickoff: 2:30pm Saturday
Stadium: DAM Health Stadium
Watch on: BBC Iplayer
Team news
Scotland
1.Bartlett 2.Skeldon 3.Clarke 4.Konkel 5.Bonar
6.Malcolm(C) 7.McLachlan 8.Gallagher 9.Brebner-Holden 10.Nelson
11.McGhie 12.Thomson 13.Orr 14.Lloyd 15.Rollie
16.Martin 17.Young 18.Poolman 19.Boyd
20.Bell 21.Clarke 22.Wills 23.Scott
Ireland
1.O'Dowd 2.Jones 3.Djougang 4.Campbell 5.Tuite
6.Wall 7.McMahon 8.Hogan 9.Scuffil-McCabe 10.O'Brien
11.Costigan 12.Green 13.Dalton 14.Elmes Kinlan 15.Corey
16.Moloney 17.McGrath 18.Haney 19.Clohessy
20.Boles 21.Lane 22.Higgins 23.Flood
Scotland cannot finish above Ireland in this year's Six Nations and will be needing a favour from Wales as well as their own victory to avoid finishing 5th. It's been a mixed tournament for the Scots but a win against Ireland would be an excellent, but very unexpected, way to finish. Ireland find themselves in a practically fixed 3rd place with their only chance of dropping down being s disastrous defeat against Scotland and an Italian drubbing of Wales - both of which seem unlikely. So, what can both teams look to achieve from this? Well, Scotland will want to ensure that the gap between themselves and Ireland has not grown too large and the Irish will want to cement themselves in the second tier of international teams by keeping close to the French. Ireland will be without Wafer in the back row but still have the try-scoring machine of Costigan to get them over the line. Malcolm and Gallagher are a dangerous pair in the Scottish back row and will be looking forward to getting stuck in against a pack that is without its star player.
Prediction
Scotland 16 vs 33 Ireland
England vs France
Kickoff: 4:45pm Saturday
Stadium: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Watch on: BBC 2
Team news
England
1.Botterman 2.Atkin-Davies 3.Muir 4.Talling 5.Ward
6.Aldcroft(C) 7.Feaunati 8.Mathews 9.Hunt 10.Harrison
11.MacDonald 12.Heard 13.Jones 14.Dow 15.Sing
16.Cokayne 17.Clifford 18.Bern 19.Galligan
20.Burton 21.L.Packer 22.AItchison 23.Rowland
France
1.Brosseau 2.Bigot 3.Khalifaou 4.M.Feleu 5.Raclot
6.Escudero 7.Champon 8.T.Feleu 9.Bourdon Sansus 10.Arbez
11.Arbey 12.Vernier 13.M.Menager 14.Grisez 15.Bourgeois
16.Riffoneau 17.Mwayembe 18.Bernadou 19.Zago
20.Berthoumieu 21.Maka 22.Chambon 23.Queyroi
This is the decider. England and France will go head-to-head at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham on Saturday afternoon to decide who will win the 2025 Six Nations Grand Slam. The home side will have to do that without the help of the world player of the year, Ellie Kildunne, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury. In her place, Emma Sing starts on the wing in a back three with Abby Dow and Amy MacDonald who is starting ahead of Jess Breach. Tatiana Heard reprises her role as the team's main ball-carrier in a midfield partnership with Meg Jones and Natasha Hunt rejoins Holly AItchison in the half-backs.
Prediction
England 27 vs 19 France
Italy vs Wales
Kickoff: 11:30pm Sunday
Stadium: Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Watch on: BBC Iplayer
Team news
Italy
1.Turani 2.Vecchini 3.Seye 4.Tounesi 5.Duca
6.Veronese 7.Scorbini 8.Giordano(C) 9.Stefan 10.Madia
11.D'Inca 12.Mannini 13.Sillari 14.Muzzo 15.Ostuni Minuzzi
16.Spinelli 17.Stecca 18.Maris 19.Locatelli
20.Ranuccini 21.Bitonci 22.Rigoni 23.Granzotto
Wales
1.Pyrs 2.Jones 3.Rose 4.Fleming 5.Crabb
6.Williams 7.Lewis 8.Evans 9.Bevan 10.George
11.Cox 12.Keight 13.H.Jones(C) 14.Neumann 15.Joyce
16.Phillips 17.Davies 18.Scoble 19.John
20.Callender 21.S.Jones 22.Bluck 23.Richards
Wales will have one, final chance to earn a win in this year's tournament and avoid the fate of the men's side. To do that, the likes of Jaz Joyce, Keira Bevan and Neumann will need to be at their best. Their opponents have been impressive throughout this competition and are in search of their second win to put themselves fourth which is a major improvement over their past performances.
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