On the bench, Adam Beard (Ospreys, Wales), Finn Russell (Racing 92, Scotland), and Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, England) feature for the first time in the Test Series and will all win their first ...

Finn Russell takes the question in his stride like a scrum-half’s sympathetic pass. It is one, of course, that he has been tossed so many times before. For nearly a decade now, it has been ...

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Townsend revealed that Finn Russell had been passed fit following a head injury scare at the weekend. It means he is on course to face Italy in Scotland’s opener at Murrayfield a week on Saturday.

Saracens stand-off Fergus Burke is relishing the chance to learn at close quarters from Finn Russell as he bids to enhance his own chances of becoming Scotland’s number 10 further down the line.