TEAMS

WALES v ITALY

PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, 2.30pm

WALES: L Williams (Scarlets); G North (Northampton), J Davies (Clermont Auvergne), J Roberts (Harlequins), H Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons); D Biggar (Ospreys), R Webb (Ospreys); R Evans (Scarlets), S Baldwin (Ospreys), S Lee (Scarlets), B Davies (Wasps), L Charteris (Racing 92), D Lydiate (Ospreys, capt), J Tipuric (Ospreys), T Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).

Replacements: K Owens (Scarlets), G Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), A Jarvis (Ospreys), J Ball (Scarlets), R Moriarty (Gloucester), G Davies (Scarlets), R Priestland (Bath), G Anscombe (Cardiff Blues).

ITALY: D Odiete (Mogliano); L Sarto (Zebre), A Pratichetti (Treviso), G Garcia (Zebre), M Bellini (Padova); T Allan (Perpignan), G Palazzani (Zebre); A Lovotti (Zeb re), D Giazzon (Treviso), M Castrogiovanni (Racing 92), Q Geldenhuys (Zebre), V Bernabo (Zebre), F Minto (Treviso), A Zanni (Treviso), S Parisse (Stade Francais, capt).

Replacements: O Fabiani (Zebre), M Zanusso (Treviso), D Chistolini (Zebre), J Sarto (Zebre), A Steyn (Treviso), A Lucchese (Treviso), K Haimona (Zebre), L McLean (Treviso). Referee: Romain Poite (France).

Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England) and Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa).

IRELAND v SCOTLAND

AVIVA STADIUM, SATURDAY, 5pm.

IRELAND: S Zebo (Munster); A Trimble (Ulster), J Payne (Ulster), R Henshaw (Connacht), K Earls (Munster); J Sexton (Leinster), C Murray (Munster); J McGrath (Leinster), R Best (Ulster, capt), M Ross (Leinster), D Ryan (Munster), D Toner (Leinster), CJ Stander (Munster), T O’Donnell (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster).

Replacements: R Strauss (Leinster), C Healy (Leinster), N White (Connacht), U Dillane (Connacht), R Ruddock (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster), I Madigan (Leinster), F McFadden (Leinster).

SCOTLAND: S Hogg (Glasgow); T Seymour (Glasgow), D Taylor (Saracens), A Dunbar (Glasgow), T Visser (Harlequins); D Weir (Glasgow), G Laidlaw (Gloucester, capt); A Dickinson (Edinburgh), R Ford (Edinburgh), W Nel (Edinburgh), R Gray (Castres), T Swinson (Glasgow), J Barclay (Scarlets), J Hardie (Edinburgh), R Wilson (Glasgow).

Replacements: S McInally (Edinburgh), R Sutherland (Edinburgh), M Low (Exeter), R Harley (Glasgow), J Strauss (Glasgow), H Pyrgos (Glasgow), P Horne (Glasgow), S Lamont (Glasgow). Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France).

Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa) and Alexandre Ruiz (France).

FRANCE v ENGLAND

STADE DE FRANCE, 8pm

FRANCE: S Spedding (Clermont Auvergne); W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), G Fickou (Toulouse), M Mermoz (Toulon), V Vakatawa (French Rugby Federation); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Machenaud (Racing 92); J Poirot (Bordeaux-Begles), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), R Slimani (Stade Francais), A Flanquart (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), D Chouly (Clermont Auvergne), B Le Roux (Racing 92), L Goujon (Bordeaux-Begles).

Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), U Atonio (La Rochelle), X Chiocci (Toulon), P Jedrasiak (Clermont Auvergne), W Lauret (Racing 92), S Bezy (Toulouse), J Plisson (Stade Francais), M Medard (Toulouse).

ENGLAND: M Brown (Harlequins); A Watson (Bath), J Joseph (Bath), O Farrell (Saracens), J Nowell (Exeter); G Ford (Bath), D Care (Harlequins); M Vunipola (Saracens), D Hartley (Northampton, capt), D Cole (Leicester), M Itoje (Saracens), G Kruis (Saracens), C Robshaw (Harlequins), J Haskell (Wasps), B Vunipola (Saracens).

Replacements: L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), J Marler (Harlequins), K Brookes (Northampton), J Launchbury (Wasps), J Clifford (Harlequins), B Youngs (Leicester), E Daly (Wasps), M Tuilagi (Leicester). Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales).

Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland) and Leighton Hodges (Wales).