The team line-ups are out and Round 2 of the 2022 Guinness Six Nations is almost upon us, with three mouth-watering matches to watch.
The weekend starts in Cardiff, where Wales host Scotland at Principality Stadium bidding to bounce back from their Round 1 loss to Ireland.
Scotland have not won in Cardiff for two decades but are buoyant after their opening-weekend Calcutta Cup win against England.
Attention then turns to Paris, where France host Ireland at the Stade de France. France started off with a home win against Italy, while Ireland convincingly beat Wales at home.
On Sunday, Italy entertain England at the Stadio Olimpico, with both teams hunting their first win of the campaign.
Below is the full matchday 23s for each of this weekend’s games.
WALES v SCOTLAND – Saturday 11 February 2022, Principality Stadium, Cardiff – KO 2.15pm
Wayne Pivac has shuffled his back row by handing Jac Morgan his Test debut and recalling Ross Moriarty – full team news here.
Gregor Townsend has made five changes to his Scotland side as they look to make it two wins from two on Saturday – full team news here.
Preview: Wales v Scotland
Wales: 15. Liam Williams, 14. Alex Cuthbert, 13. Owen Watkin, 12. Nick Tompkins, 11. Louis Rees-Zammit; 10. Dan Biggar, 9. Tomos Williams; 1. Wyn Jones, 2. Ryan Elias, 3. Tomas Francis, 4. Will Rowlands, 5. Adam Beard, 6. Taine Basham, 7. Jac Morgan, 8. Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: 16. Dewi Lake, 17. Gareth Thomas, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Seb Davies, 20. Aaron Wainwright, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Callum Sheedy, 23. Jonathan Davies.
Scotland: 15. Stuart Hogg, 14. Darcy Graham, 13. Chris Harris, 12. Sione Tuipulotu, 11. Duhan van der Merwe, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Ali Price, 1. Pierre Schoeman, 2. Stuart McInally, 3. WP Nel, 4. Jonny Gray, 5. Grant Gilchrist, 6. Sam Skinner, 7. Hamish Watson, 8. Matt Fagerson
Replacements: 16. George Turner, 17. Rory Sutherland, 18. Zander Fagerson, 19. Magnus Bradbury, 20. Rory Darge, 21. Ben White, 22. Blair Kinghorn, 23. Cameron Redpath
FRANCE v IRELAND – Saturday 11 February 2022, Stade de France, Paris – KO 4.45pm
Yoram Moefana is set to make his first Guinness Six Nations start after being named in France’s team to take on Ireland in Paris on Saturday – full team news here.
Joey Carbery will start the first Guinness Six Nations game of his career after being named at fly-half, with skipper Johnny Sexton ruled out through injury – full team news here.
Preview: France v Ireland
France: 15. Melvyn Jaminet, 14. Damian Penaud, 13. Gaël Fickou, 12. Yoram Moefana, 11. Gabin Villière, 10. Romain Ntamack. 9. Antoine Dupont, 1. Cyril Baille, 2. Julien Marchand, 3. Uini Atonio, 4. Cameron Woki, 5. Paul Willemse, 6. François Cros, 7. Anthony Jelonch, 8. Grégory Alldritt.
Replacements: 16. Peato Mauvaka, 17. Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18. Demba Bamba, 19. Romain Taofifenua, 20. Thibaud Flament, 21. François Cros, 22. Maxime Lucu, 23. Thomas Ramos.
Ireland: 15. Hugo Keenan, 14. Andrew Conway, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Mack Hansen, 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Jamison Gibson Park, 1. Andrew Porter, 2. Ronan Kelleher, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Tadhg Beirne, 5. James Ryan, 6. Caelan Doris, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Jack Conan
Replacements: 16. Dan Sheehan, 17. Cian Healy, 18. Finlay Bealham, 19. Iain Henderson, 20. Peter O’Mahony, 21. Conor Murray, 22. Jack Carty, 23. Robbie Henshaw
ITALY v ENGLAND – Sunday 12 February 2022, Stadio Olimpico, Rome – KO 3pm
Jack Nowell will make his first Guinness Six Nations start since 2019 in one of six changes made by Eddie Jones to his England team as they look to bounce back from their defeat to Scotland in Round 1 – full team news here.
Kieran Crowley has made three changes to his Italy starting XV including the return of Federico Mori on the wing, with last weekend’s try scorer Tommaso Menoncello dropping out – full team news here.
Italy: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Federico Mori, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Montanna Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney; 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Braam Steyn, 7 Michele Lamaro (C), 8 Toa Halafihi
Replacements: 16 Hame Faiva , 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 David Sisi, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Giovanni Pettinelli, 22 Alessandro Fusco, 23 Leonardo Marin
England: 15. Freddie Steward, 14. Max Malins, 13. Joe Marchant, 12. Henry Slade (VC), 11. Jack Nowell, 10. Marcus Smith, 9. Harry Randall; 1. Ellis Genge (VC), 2. Jamie George, 3. Will Stuart, 4. Charlie Ewels, 5. Nick Isiekwe, 6. Maro Itoje, 7. Tom Curry (C), 8. Alex Dombrandt
Replacements: 16. Luke Cowan-Dickie (VC) 17. Joe Marler, 18. Kyle Sinckler, 19. Ollie Chessum, 20. Sam Simmonds, 21. Ben Youngs, 22. George Ford, 23. Elliot Daly
