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Finn Russell has been told it is down to him to salvage his Scotland career after he was stood down for the Guinness Six Nations opener with Ireland following “a breach of protocol”.

With Finn Russell ruled out of Scotland's opening Six Nations match against Ireland after a "breach of team protocol", coach Gregor Townsend must find a new stand-off for the clash in Dublin on 1 February. Here are the contenders:

Finn Russell hasn't exactly broken his silence since being sent away from the Scotland camp ahead of the Six Nations, but the fly-half did perhaps give a little insight after liking a few tweets on social media.

From Hamish Watson to Owen Farrell, these are the players we think you should include in your Six Nations Fantasy squad

Scotland supporters have been joined by former players in expressing their surprise at Finn Russell's expulsion from the team's training camp ahead of the Six Nations opener with Ireland in Dublin.

Stuart Hogg has revealed he approached head coach Gregor Townsend after last year’s World Cup disappointment and thrust forward his claim to take over as national captain.

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is "ahead of schedule" in his recovery from injury and expects to be fit for the Guinness Six Nations opener against Scotland.

Scotland cap has made more than 100 appearances for the Capital club

Veteran referees Nigel Owens and Wayne Barnes are among the officials taking charge of fixtures at the 2020 Six Nations.

Scotland scrum-half Ali Price has signed a new two-year contract with Glasgow Warriors.

Following the festive period and postponement of last week’s league encounter away to Ardrossan, it was a full month for Howe first XV without a competitive game of rugby.

Who would your money be on if Scotland’s Grand Slam-winning teams of 1984 and 1990 went head to head?

Edinburgh had their belated ‘Christmas’ bash last night and well deserved it was after a first half of the season which couldn’t have gone much better.

Southern Knights donned their Sunday best to rack up the highest points total so far in the FOSROC Super6 on their way to achieving back-to-back wins over Boroughmuir Bears.

Here was a lesson for Glasgow Warriors in the dangers of leaving their best until last. This polished bonus-point victory in their final match of a Champions Cup pool campaign in which they have blown hot and cold with near clockwork regularity put Dave Rennie’s men into the eighth and final Champions Cup quarter-final qualifying spot on Saturday night – but their hopes of being involved in the knockout stage were dashed on Sunday afternoon when Saracens defeated Racing 92 27-24 to leapfrog them in the rankings.

Apessimist is never disappointed, so the saying goes, and it’s never a bad coping phrase for any Scotland rugby fan to keep at the back of their always optimistic minds.